[neilwillgettoit]

Replace 'older candidates' with 'candidates who are less likely to sacrifice their work/life balance.'

1. Candidates that demand compensation for sacrificing their work/life balance are more expensive. Tech isn't that hard to learn. You can get pretty good at a particular tech within 2 years of learning it. Why pay a candidate tons of money for them to give up their work/life balance, when you can hire one that will give it up for little?

2. Candidates that value their non-work time don't know the latest tech. They spend their evenings with their families / kids / friends / hobby whereas those who do are constantly learning the latest stacks at home to benefit their work.

3. Candidates that would rather go do something not work related after work don't pass the 'beer test' with those who's life choices are work-centric.