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The problem is that some discrimination of applicants based on "culture" reasons are considered acceptable, while others aren't. For example, it would be generally be considered acceptable for a fast-iterating early-stage startup to not hire a competent engineer who is more comfortable with longer release cycles that are highly-spec'd and polished, but unacceptable to not hire a competent engineer who is much older than the rest of the team, even though both engineers might not fit into the team's culture and therefore both hires might hurt team productivity.