I'm in healthcare, and top management, so we don't have a huge IT staff. I transitioned from purely technical work about 8 years ago to avoid the age-ism trap f

I'm in healthcare, and top management, so we don't have a huge IT staff. I transitioned from purely technical work about 8 years ago to avoid the age-ism trap for non-management people. But in general, 30 years ago PCs were still relatively rare as compared to today, and there's a LOT more to the IT industry than being a developer in Silicon Valley. I've met plenty of 50 and 60+ year olds in IT, and a few years ago I had to tap on an 70 year old for some ancient AIX knowledge.