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Is it really the case that dev career is over by the age of 40? There are >40 devs, there's less of them because 20 years ago there were generally less devs, s

Is it really the case that dev career is over by the age of 40? There are >40 devs, there's less of them because 20 years ago there were generally less devs, so you wouldn't expect to be the same amount of 50>40 devs as for example 35>25 devs. The sole fact that there's less of them (I think we can agree that there are >40 devs) doesn't have to mean that they just stopped working as devs - there are other reasons, right?

jqpabc123 6y ago
Sure, there are devs over 40 --- there are always exceptions to every rule. 20 years ago, there were just as many young devs as there are today. I know because I was there. I also know that 20 years ago, there weren't very many (comparatively speaking) over the age of 40 --- just like today. Age discrimination in tech fields is not even debateable.