Tech companies have a Baby Boomer problem

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Tech companies have a Baby Boomer problem

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All the recent focus on sexism and gender discrimination in Silicon Valley has obscured another long-festering diversity problem for the tech industry: ageism.

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Now job hiring website Indeed is shining a spotlight on the issue. The company recently conducted a survey of 1,011 currently employed US tech workers. The survey results indicate how little age diversity there is in tech and how little tech companies are doing to change the situation.

One glaring finding: 46% of respondents said that the average employee age at their company was between 20 and 35.

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Here's some of what Indeed found and how the industry is approaching the issue of age discrimination:

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