It's annoying to you. But think of how annoying it to people who know much more than you. It's like a kid with no experience having strong opinions. For the record I did not downvote you. And yes, your inexperience come through very obviously.
The essence of what you said is this: older people do not deserve a job because they are older. The bigger issue seems to be that you are overthinking, and over analyzing for what in my opinion is just ordinary jobs.
>Managers are looking for someone within specific experience bands.
Common, but very petty. Most work that most of us do is grunt work, over analysis will not give you an extraordinary candidate.
>If they downlevel a candidate (hire someone that is too skilled), then it’s unfair to the candidate, as they are underpaid.
No, it's not. The candidate has applied for a job because he could not get anything better. Ever been in a situation where you are laid off and where you had to pay the bills immediately, and did not have the luxury of finding a well-paid job?
I could go on, but I think some harsh experiences for you, like layoffs would be your greatest teacher.
> The essence of what you said is this: older people do not deserve a job because they are older. The bigger issue seems to be that you are overthinking, and over analyzing for what in my opinion is just ordinary jobs.
No. This has nothing to do with age. If you started your career at 45 and have 0 years of experience, then you should qualify for internship roles. If you have 40 years of experience, then you should not be selected for entry level jobs.
> No, it's not. The candidate has applied for a job because he could not get anything better. Ever been in a situation where you are laid off and where you had to pay the bills immediately, and did not have the luxury of finding a well-paid job?
No, I have not. But also, you're right that having that job would help them out, but it would do a disservice to the company. They are more likely to leave early when their responsibility doesn't match their experience level. Imagine how a principle engineer would feel if they were treated like an intern, because their role is intern? Sure they might need that job for cash flow reasons, but they will leave as soon as they can.
> I could go on, but I think some harsh experiences for you, like layoffs would be your greatest teacher.
I have had "harsh" experiences. I have 14 years of industry experience. I've been laid off multiple times. I've worked at companies that completely shutdown. I have had to lay other people off.
I think I see where you are coming from. You talk about "disservice to the company." - the company you work for generally does not care about you, why would you care about them? (given that you have been let go many times). In my world loyalty has to be bidirectional.
>They are more likely to leave early when their responsibility doesn't match their experience level.
What you are saying is that it is perfectly ok for more capable people to not earn a living? ( not saying it is right or wrong, just making an observation). I'm reminded of people who were rejected for police jobs because of higher IQs
