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Comment Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. Please note, comments may be edited for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation and style. [31 Jan 2008]

"Rife" ageism causing IT skills crisis?

News Ageism has not only contributed to the UK's IT skills crisis, say readers of silicon.com, but is "rife" in the tech industry. We need to actively stamp out ageism in both of these areas (and I do promise... [21 Aug 2007]

Offshoring, ageism and image blamed for tech skills crisis

News The increased use of offshore IT, ageism and the 'geeky' image of the technology industry are to blame for the lack of skilled UK tech staff, according to comments posted by silicon.com readers. The... [11 May 2007]

Best of Reader Comments: How to tackle ageism in IT

News Short-sighted recruitment consultants are to blame for much of the ageism that plagues the IT industry, according to the comments of silicon.com readers. I do feel that the real problem to... [26 Oct 2005]

Ageism in IT: There's still hope for the over-40s

Comment Ageism in IT, as we're learning from our ongoing campaign, is no simple matter. A 65-year-old tech writer from the US who's employed at a large software company says: "Yes, there's ageism, but don't give... [14 Jun 2004]

Devil's Advocate: Why CRM has disappointed

Comment I am grateful to readers for an outstandingly interesting bunch of comments relating to my recent column on ageism in IT. Getting back to ageism: Reading your comments,... [25 May 2004]

The best of 'Reader Comments': Hotmail security fears and PC birthday arguments

Comment Ageism? How about the opposite - and in my opinion, worse - kind of ageism in the IT world? After all the highbrow comments from Microsoft about applying the latest patches, it's somehow... [16 Aug 2001]

Ageism: Who's over the hill now then?

Comment Ageism is rampant in the IT sector. Underlying both these statements, and ageism in general, is the clichéd belief that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I'd like to see the people who made the... [14 Aug 2001]

The best of 'Reader Comments': That old enemy ageism and BT's charge to the police

Comment From the past week, here we present reactions to a story we ran about ageism in IT (http://www.silicon.com/a43232 ) and feedback about BT's charges to police for account information ((http://www.silicon.com/a43139 ) [16 Mar 2001]

The best of 'Reader Comments': Ageism, ASPs and the GUI revolution

Comment Ageism in IT silicon.com's recent ageism survey (http://www.silicon.com/a40248 ) found that the IT industry is guilty of age discrimination. It would not be even considered as an option for sexism or... [20 Oct 2000]

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