[dayaz36]

why they want a 98 year old running uber is beyond me

[sctb]

Please don't post uncivilly and unsubstantively like this on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[cjCamel]

Age is just a number and should be meaningless in any discussion to do with employment.

Also he's 48. Travis Kalanick is 41. Would you have preferred they got someone in their 20s or 30s? Why?

[bpicolo]

If anything, age is a positive indicator of work experience