Originally Posted by chaika
MasterAdmin,
In the job postings there is always some mention of age. Why do you think that is? Here in the US job qualifications are never (overtly) based on age, but on experience, skills, training, etc. I'm a network administrator and past the age when most Russian men are already dead. I sit on my butt too much of the day, not like I have to do a lot of physical activity to keep up with the servers. So why is age a major criterion in Russia? Maybe it's just "that's the way it's always been"?
FYI organizations that receive any funding from the US federal government are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sex, religion, age, and maybe others, I don't recall.