[snowwrestler]

GenXer here. For me the question is whether the web/Internet industry will age with me.

A lot of industries started out as the domain of young risk-takers, but grew to accept and welcome older workers and managers. Railroads, print publishing, and air travel come to mind.

So the question is whether the Internet industry will follow the same path. I think it will, and I (selfishly) hope it will, because I'm not getting any younger.

I feel like lower "layers" of the computing industry have already made this transition. I don't get the feeling that a person needs to be under 30 to get a job at Intel, Oracle, Cisco, HP, etc. But I still get that feeling about a lot of hosted software companies, even big ones like Google or Facebook.

[binxbolling]

Job postings and job pages can reinforce/hint at this age bias as well. Since they can't outright discriminate, over time I've gotten a lot better at reading between the lines to see if the company has any room for people over 30.

[pinewurst]

What hints do you look for?