I don't think this is possible in the short term. There is probably age discrimination, sure, but to a large degree the problem is that programming is a very yo

I don't think this is possible in the short term. There is probably age discrimination, sure, but to a large degree the problem is that programming is a very young field. It has been growing at a rapid exponential pace for decades, which means that the vast majority of people in the field have been in it for less than a decade. The only way to increase the stock of older programmers in the short term is to convince people who are fairly far along in their careers to jump ship to a new field, and start off from scratch. Daunting, and likely a step back careerwise. In the long term, the problem will likely solve itself. Assuming that you actually consider it a problem.