Some Statements Should Only Be Spoken

 2/11/22 Yahoo Finance:

(Bloomberg) -- IBM executives discussed in emails how to force out older workers and derided them as “Dinobabies” who should be made an “Extinct species,” according to a court filing in an age discrimination case against the company....

In one email chain, an International Business Machines Corp. official described a plan to “accelerate change by inviting the ‘dinobabies’ (new species) to leave” and turn them into an “Extinct species,” according to the filing. Company officials also complained about IBM’s “dated maternal workforce” that “must change,” and discussed frustration that IBM had a much lower share of millennials in its workforce than a competitor, but said its share would increase following layoffs, according to the filing.

You know: IBM, the cutting edge hip corporation. 

It's Nice To See Age Discrimination Out In The Open...

This way I don't have to waste my time applying for a position that says directly:

Open to new graduates and experienced developers with up to 15 years work experience.

Yes, theoretically, they could be hiring people in their 50s who made a career change ten years ago.  I don't think this would impress too many judges.

Yes, if employers want to discriminate against the middle-aged, that is their business.  But it does not say much for Sybase that they would directly state that they don't want anyone with more than 15 years of experience to apply for a job.