[Swizec]

o/ 29 year old here, 20 years coding, 13 years of people paying me to code. We exist.

I sure hope companies don't have that as a base expectation, though.

[sp332]

That you exist isn't the problem. The problem is discrimination based on age.

[Swizec]

Naturally. All I'm saying that it IS possible to find someone in their 20's with 8+ years of experience.

[sidlls]

Depends on what you mean by experience. I'm skeptical, to say the least. No doubt there are 29 year olds who have been "coding" for 20 years and being paid for it for 13 of them. That's different from having experience.

[toomuchtodo]

8 years of experience? Or the same year of experience 8 times over?