I'd say this whole article is dishonest and trying to stir controversy in that the tweet at the very top clarifies the comment.

The writer then spends the entire article talking as if that correction had never happened then at the end offhandedly mentions the correction but dismisses it entirely. The whole site screams of linkbait anyhow.

If a lot of start ups won't hire someone that hasn't been hacking for a long time thats not an oppressive statement so much as an observation of trends.