Comment by anarticle
20 days ago
“Just as our bodies and our minds generally deteriorate with age, so does the soul and the moral fibre - unfortunately.”
Not really sure where this fortune cookie came from, but in the age of faked resumes, credentials, and AI interview assistants (personally seen this, they’re not even good liars lol), I think we can agree that we’re at best equivalent in degeneracy.
What are your favorite old people deceits?
The ai interview assistant crutch is hilarious because people using it think interviewers can’t tell. It really shows when they are bad speakers. If you train the skill of speaking you’d be much better at getting away with it. Maybe to the point you wouldn’t need it, but that’s their call.
> What are your favorite old people deceits?
The favourite has to be "I'm leaving all this inheritance to you when I die, so you'd better obey me!".
You're only leaving an inheritance because you can't bring anything with you when you die. If you could, you wouldn't leave a dime.
But in a business / hiring setting, old people are more shrewd and have learnt to put their own interests first at every point. Ie, colleagues cannot count on camaraderie and employers cannot count on loyalty. Young employees usually haven't been screwed over or betrayed in life yet, so they don't carry that burden of having to find a way to "get even" by screwing other people over.
I don't think inheritances and employment are similar. No one in my family has ever had one so it may not be my area of expertise.
In my xp, older people take less shit and that's why they are less likely to be hired especially in startup world for -20% salary and +40% work. Camaraderie is personality trait I would say, and you may never get it in your line of work or jobs. It's quite rare.
"Get even" -> I have never seen this except in non-tech by extremely old boomers. Usually 55+, close to retirement, some kind of legal reason why they can't be fired easily. I left those jobs as soon as I could.
I regret to inform you that loyalty is not real in our industry.