[JakeAl]

All I see is people hiring programmers and IT workers. Basically the younger worker bees. Not managers who aren't programming or people with more experience than being a serf. The lesson is you're expected to start your own company at a certain point or be a construction worker (programmer, IT worker) the rest of your life. If you're not a manager on track to be a senior manager by your 40s, and you aren't just a programmer, you're screwed.

[blisterpeanuts]

In my experience, there are lots of highly productive programmers and I.T. people in their 40s-50s.