Because it just ain't true? Age discrimination exists, but it's not really the reason there are so few 55 year olds in software today. That's simply because ve

Because it just ain't true? Age discrimination exists, but it's not really the reason there are so few 55 year olds in software today. That's simply because very very few people in the 1980s took up a career in software. The industry was orders of magnitude smaller! I've worked in multiple places that had absolutely zero problem hiring people in their 50s - when we were lucky enough to find people that experienced.