Unpopular opinion: most 'gray hairs' I've worked with absolutely deserved to be let go. Keep in mind this is a sample size of 1 company, however. I'm 100 perc

Unpopular opinion: most 'gray hairs' I've worked with absolutely deserved to be let go. Keep in mind this is a sample size of 1 company, however. I'm 100 percent against age discrimination, and some of my mentors fall in this age range. That said, I've also worked for a big corp full of 'distinguished engineers', which essentially in our company meant they did something really interesting in the 80s or 90s. Many rested on some one accomplishment, and found ways to interject themselves onto new projects while giving extremely vague or extremely outdated advice. Our industry is ageless, if you keep up to date and keep learning. If you're relying on tenure, you're going to have a bad time.