> an office full of faces that reflect the gender and ethnic and age diversity of the city I live in. That's most likely not going to happen. Tech is a demandi

> an office full of faces that reflect the gender and ethnic and age diversity of the city I live in. That's most likely not going to happen. Tech is a demanding industry and, with age, lots of people start looking for easier/less demanding jobs, even if they pay less. That's why you may see some 60+ year old COBOL maintainers, who stepped off the tech treadmill decades ago and are just now cruising towards retirement, but you, for the most part, won't see 60 years React developers - people at this age value their sanity and don't want to run on the treadmill any more.