On one hand, this seems positive. It felt impossible for me to get into the sw development field because companies only wanted experienced devs. Not having a de

On one hand, this seems positive. It felt impossible for me to get into the sw development field because companies only wanted experienced devs. Not having a degree, I got hired for a non-tech entry level role at a software company and worked my way up while paying my bills with a second job. But on the other hand as an older, experienced developer, decisions like this can be interpreted to mean no old people. Later in my career I remember a software director saying "we're not looking for gray beards right now" when describing how he wanted to build out the engineering org. It's great to see change that will allow more people in. But it's a bad idea to have decrees from the top dictating (by implication) that only young people should be hired. Surely there is a middle ground that can be found.