From what this sounds like, its not their age its their skillset, they have a skillset that has become more and more obsolete and haven't adapted. At my current

From what this sounds like, its not their age its their skillset, they have a skillset that has become more and more obsolete and haven't adapted. At my current job there are guys well over 35 who used to work in jobs like what they are describing in the article (semiconducator companies, etc) but they have since adapted and developed new skills relating to web programming, I don't think the way they are portraying this is entirely accurate.