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mcv on June 26, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers

Recent grads may have an advantage in answering such questions, but that doesn't mean they have an advantage on the job. Jobs that require you to be able to implement a red-black tree are extremely rare. Experience should count for more.

gaius on June 26, 2017 [–]

It should yes, but to get the job and show the advantages of experience you must first pass the inane filter, that's the issue.

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