> "a prejudice that older people simply can’t learn as well as younger people" This prejudice happens to be true. https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-age

> "a prejudice that older people simply can’t learn as well as younger people" This prejudice happens to be true. https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-age-you-reach-peak-intelligence-according-to-science https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-age-you-reach-peak-... I'm an older software developer, and I do not have the same ability to learn new things as I did when I was young. I do have more experience and, with it, a better sense of what matters and what doesn't, so I waste less time on the stuff that doesn't. That is, however, a more subjective attribute and, thus, I don't blame large companies for not being able to evaluate it. They are inherently volume-based and thus focused on more obvious and measurable attributes that directly (though imperfectly) map to developer productivity. As the kids say: it is what it is. If you want to make increasing amounts of money for a long time, become a banker or a doctor. I like writing code.