The manager (~40, former big name firm employee) refused to interview her, saying she's just a young college grad. He preferred someone more "experiened."

Although I would frown upon the manager's decision and his reason, it brings up a fairly good point. It is becoming less and less important for places of employment to judge someone based on their college degrees, (including certifications, to a point). As someone who didn't go to college, I've found myself on the other end of that once or twice. But it was only by the stuffy, self-important interviewer in the HR department who knew nothing about the job therefor nothing about how my skills would be beneficial to the position. Whenever I talk to the actual people who are doing the job, I have no trouble at all. We geekspeak for a bit and they can tell I'm the real deal.

(On the hr interviewer... I was eventually recruited directly by the manager of the department in question. The hr person was let go in less than a year after that. I don't normally take pleasure in someone else's plight, but when someone looks down their nose at you like a disdainful waste of time, well, it rubs some folks the wrong way.)

Word of mouth seems to be a great way to get noticed in this industry. Has that been anyone else's experience as well?

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naChoZ

In reply to Re: Suit-ism, youth-ism by naChoZ
in thread Suit-ism, youth-ism by chunlou

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