June 23, 2010 at 16:56Less than 1% of Google employees over 40
At a Google conference in April 2010, a figure was first announced for how many people were 40 or older in the company. It turns out that there are “a little less than 200 people”. Aged employees are called “ greyglers ”, for the most part they are senior managers, including honorary vice-presidents such as Vint Surf.
Considering that the company has 20,621 employees, less than 1% are 40+ years old. .
this figure shows how short the life of a professional programmer medium fact, 40 years for the average developer -. it is the retirement age (according to neuroscientists, the degradation of nerve cells in the brain begins in 39 years) If at this point you don’t go to the next stage of your professional career, then you can no longer dream of working in a large and promising company.
As you know, the US government’s policy in the field of labor migration (in particular, the rules for issuing H1B visas) is specifically aimed at ensuring that talented young professionals come to the country and work out their best years here, and then return to their homeland.
Young employees are cheaper for any company: they can work 12 hours a day, require less pay and a social package for them (including medical insurance) is much cheaper. Even if the qualification of a young employee is lower than that of his age-old “competitor,” he is still more preferable for the company due to better learning.
At companies like Google, young people are part of the corporate culture. It comes to the point that already at the age of 28-35 years a candidate for a place can be considered too "old" and prefer a younger programmer to him.
Considering that the company has 20,621 employees, less than 1% are 40+ years old. .
this figure shows how short the life of a professional programmer medium fact, 40 years for the average developer -. it is the retirement age (according to neuroscientists, the degradation of nerve cells in the brain begins in 39 years) If at this point you don’t go to the next stage of your professional career, then you can no longer dream of working in a large and promising company.
As you know, the US government’s policy in the field of labor migration (in particular, the rules for issuing H1B visas) is specifically aimed at ensuring that talented young professionals come to the country and work out their best years here, and then return to their homeland.
Young employees are cheaper for any company: they can work 12 hours a day, require less pay and a social package for them (including medical insurance) is much cheaper. Even if the qualification of a young employee is lower than that of his age-old “competitor,” he is still more preferable for the company due to better learning.
At companies like Google, young people are part of the corporate culture. It comes to the point that already at the age of 28-35 years a candidate for a place can be considered too "old" and prefer a younger programmer to him.