Yo I actually know the dude from school...feel like I owe him a bit of a defense after his minute of twitter infamy :) I'd understand the anger if this were, like, a Goldman Sachs-calibre company practicing age-based discrimination, but in this case there's no they, there's literally just a guy plus some coder friends of his, getting a bit excited about startup plans.
The dude's 23 (plus or minus) himself, and decidedly not versed in HR laws - I could imagine the words "discrimination" (...or "political correctness"...or maybe "self-awareness") didn't even enter his mind while he typed away at his dream candidate wish list. Sure it's hilarious, but maybe cut him some slack re: sinister intentions. I don't think it's too pleasant waking up and getting a hundred angry retweets for something like this.
The dude's 23 (plus or minus) himself, and decidedly not versed in HR laws - I could imagine the words "discrimination" (...or "political correctness"...or maybe "self-awareness") didn't even enter his mind while he typed away at his dream candidate wish list. Sure it's hilarious, but maybe cut him some slack re: sinister intentions. I don't think it's too pleasant waking up and getting a hundred angry retweets for something like this.