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by theyellowkid 1781 days ago
It seems to me that ageism actually has some value.

People never got any smarter, but the nature and details of group activity have changed over time.

After a career of delivering products for boutique manufacturing companies, I'd say that my ability to pass a modern interview suite is essentially nil. My last gig for a company with modern practices taught me that it's no fun in any case as design devolves into manufacturing (perhaps for good reason).

Give me a young body, and I'd look into purposefully arcane careers with little remuneration. Blacksmithing perhaps.