| I would certainly like to see the data, but I'm not sure what I think about the topic. Age discrimination feels like it could be the other side of the coin that presents so much opportunity in this field to begin with - a system that values intelligence, willingness to learn and work hard on par with or lieu of experience. I jumped into tech without a degree or much in the way of experience. Now that I'm established can I reasonably expect that the situation should reverse to suit me? I just turned 35, young by most standards yet older to old by seeming tech standards. After 17 years working full-time, I'm a better asset than I was 15, 10 or 5 years ago in every way, but I can think of plenty of reasons why someone would understandably prefer to hire young me versus old me. It's the difference between a guy who will work 65+ hours a week year round and someone who wants to spend every hour possible with his child. It's also the difference between a guy who is learning certain things and one who has fully automated those things a dozen times over. That's an oversimplification on both fronts, but hopefully you get the idea. How much 'done it before' value can there be in the context of growing companies which are creating things which don't yet exist or are constructed with tools that are <5 years old? How many opportunities are there for people whose most effective position would leadership or strategic? |