'Cultural fit' is a polite way to say 'personal bias'

I wrote and recorded this episode on my 55th birthday.

I’d planned to take the day off, but I began thinking about a few people my age who work in tech and have been recently laid off.

Unlike workers in their 20s and 30s, they’re facing a very different set of pressures: family, college, aging parents, retirement, etc. They’re having much harder time landing interviews, let alone full-time jobs.

This is the shortest episode I’ve ever released, so technically, I guess that makes this a hot take. I avoid those, but it was my birthday and I was feeling self-indulgent. 🎂🥳

Thanks for listening.

— Walter.