• Craig-315134 (6/17/2013)


    Steve Jones wrote:

    It may mean that the newest, youngest person at your company might rise much faster than you simply because they're a better DBA or developer.

    Sounds a bit like ageism to me. Since when does 'younger' necessarily equate to 'better'?

    It doesn't, which is probably why he included the word "may".

    Sometimes younger/older does me faster/slower. For example, a younger person may be faster at something, and sometimes an older more experienced person may be faster. Sometimes faster means nothing more than that, sometimes faster means less quality. IMO when you add the qualifier of "may mean" that eliminates any possibility of discrimination.

    Hearing someone say that a "square is a rectangle" should not offend anyone, and neither should "a rectangle may be a square".

    Dave