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Comment by CharlesW | Hacker News Reader

These strike me as good and interesting questions. I read the article after I read your comment, and I have one follow-up.

> The obsession with having an even split…

Does it strike you that the article is describing an obsession? It seems like a strong word, used pejoratively in this case.

To me, the article is described an unusual and thoughtful approach that led to surprising results.

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What they clearly are obsessed about is hiring literally not a single person who is middle age or above. http://imgur.com/a/ZsS81 They are so ageist it boggles the mind.

That pictures a bit old, but even still there're at least a handful of "middle aged or above" people shown. Also, I started working at Lever after this photo was taken. Not only am I middle-aged, but there are plenty of us here who are.

Can you highlight the five 40+year olds in that picture? I can maybe see two.

Not the OP, but if you ask me, I'd say that society as a whole has a very obsession-like fixation on equality of all kinds. It is the absolute hot-topic being injected into almost every discussion and field. From the other side as well because there are people that opposed to the way it's being forced-upon individuals/companies.

It has come to a point where dissenting opinions on the matter are actively vilified and who knows what other forms of actual discrimination. I guarantee you that I would treat every person I interact with with absolute courtesy and respect their known boundaries in all aspects except their opinions. And I am reasonably sure that there are hiring teams out there that would skip me because they'd find my comments distasteful or worse. "Culture fit"

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