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I'm 18 and I don't necessarily agree with this. From what I can tell tech is more accepting of young people than almost any other industry.

• jerf 16y ago
  Yes, I was a bit surprised to click through. Usually when we talk about ageism we're talking about how your career is over at 35. I'm not sure that the tech industry is particularly ageist against the young. Yes, a 17-year-old web designer may find (s)he doesn't get much respect from the tech industry, but, well, a 17-year-old anything won't get much respect from any industry. In our culture 17 is still a kid, and expected to do things like deciding that it's too hard to work and go play video games instead. I don't agree (my opinions are complicated, I don't merely believe the opposite, but that's certainly not an adequate summary), but I'm in the firm minority.