Age discrimination is alive and quite well in IT! I understand your concern that fresh ideas are needed in software development, but to support the concept that older IT people don't bring those ideas to the marketplace is wrong wrong wrong. Steve Jobs is only seven years younger than I am, and look how innovative he has been.
I work as a security guard at $12/hour because no one will hire me. I shave my head so that my grey hair won't be visible. I have a RECENT Bachelor's degree, several Microsoft certifications, and am six months from an MBA in IT management. Once I get the advanced degree maybe I can make minimum wage! Talk about energy, I work fulltime and am also a fulltime graduate student.
Promulgating age discrimination today will byte (sic) you in the butt later in life. Meanwhile a lot of older professionals in many areas of expertise suffer because HR people don't want to hire their parents.
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