[GregorStocks]

The "no longer" framing here is a bit surprising. I've been in this industry for 15 years and the whole time I've been reading comments from older engineers asserting that age discrimination is rampant and you should expect to be pushed out by 40 if you don't move into management. I've always taken that with a healthy grain of salt (both of my parents were SWE ICs until retirement age) but my sense has been that most of my peers have always been managing their finances in a way consistent with that framing.

[mixmastamyk]

It was different in the past, experience was valued. For example, was recently watching some old movies and was surprised at the number of actors with grey hair.

Meanwhile, the man buns and lumber-sexuals took over around 2010. ;-)