China's Startups Advertise for ‘Good-Looking’ Tech Workers

  • Sexist, ageist language shows up in more than 1,000 job posts
  • Startups in China often still prefer young men for coding jobs
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A year ago, China’s largest technology companies were lambasted for posting job ads seeking male employees by using “good-looking” female workers to try to lure coders. The giants scrubbed their posts in response.

Yet the next generation of China’s tech superstar wannabes apparently haven’t gotten the message.