> why aren't there businesses snapping up the older developers? There are, the problem is three-fold. One, older developers are too numerous for any one firm o

> why aren't there businesses snapping up the older developers? There are, the problem is three-fold. One, older developers are too numerous for any one firm or group of firms to really hire all at once. Second, the job market is way more geographically constrained than people want to admit. (insert rant about "all companies should be remote" here) Third, older developers that need jobs need to be able to find companies willing to hire them. The last aspect is the one that really matters from a social perspective. The market can come up with a matching service to pair job seekers with companies, but just having the service exist doesn't mean that all companies and all job seekers will use it. Motivated individuals will find it, but not all individuals are motivated. The lesson here is that markets can't solve all social problems. Sometimes they exacerbate them. In these cases you really need a social solution.