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		vaksel on Jan 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do startups hire 50+ year old programmers?... some? yes most? You won't get hired, because you'll be seen as a bad cultural fit for the company. Only real way to get in as someone that old, is if you are going for the position of a CTO

tptacek on Jan 7, 2012 [–]

I wonder how many of the people on this thread who share this opinion have started successful companies.

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