> In my opinion, ageism in software exists mostly because it is a fashion business I don't think so. The demand for programmers was inflated only in recent fif

> In my opinion, ageism in software exists mostly because it is a fashion business I don't think so. The demand for programmers was inflated only in recent fifteen-twenty years, so compared to today, then nobody was entering IT. This is why there's so little people with 10-15-20 years of experience and kids after three years of work consider themselves senior programmers. And why there's little 40+ people who have just three years under their belt? Retraining is very hard thing to do.