[AnimalMuppet]

They also want to pay me like I've got 5 years of experience. I've got 30, and I'd like to be paid accordingly. If you don't see the value in those added years of experience, then I don't want to work for you.

Note that this is not the same as ageism. They'd be happy to hire me, even with my age, if they could pay me a bunch less.

[bradknowles]

I haven't seen this. The employers I've talked to seem to assume you wouldn't be happy if you were paid less and therefore they nope out pretty quickly.

[AnimalMuppet]

They do or I do. But the issue fundamentally is pay, not age.