[smartis2812]

This is a horrible advice.

Don't lie about anything in your resume/CV. If you get called out, your whole reputation and your whole CV then is in Question.

[ghusto]

There are lies and there are "lies" waiting to be truths. If you can back it up on the fly, what's the harm?

[zepolen]

Ah yes, I'm a brain surgeon. I'll figure it out while I'm operating on your obviously damaged one.

[irvingprime]

You can't back up lies on the fly. You're contradicting yourself now.

[gizajob]

It's horrible advice yeah – but it deals with the reality of the situation. If you're freaked out by being 50 in a field that for some bizarre reason values youth and inexperience, then be 40. Nobody cares, particularly if you're working remote.