I know a lot of people who has zero trouble getting hired for a whole career suddenly start having trouble in their 40s. In my 40s I started getting turned dow

I know a lot of people who has zero trouble getting hired for a whole career suddenly start having trouble in their 40s. In my 40s I started getting turned down (for the first time ever!) for the weirdest reasons. "Wouldn't be able to handle working with uncooperative teams within the company." (Whaaa...? Dodged a bullet there.) "Not passionate about programming." (Did you not look at my resume? My books I wrote to give away?) Are these _really_ the reasons? And you do notice it when everyone interviewing you is under 30. Not that being under 30 is bad, but a diverse workplace is a plus in my mind. A friend of mine started dyeing his hair and landed a job soon thereafter, after over a year of looking. If I were going on the hunt again, I'd definitely do that. My face looks younger than it is. But what a bullshit thing to have to do. (I can hear all the women here saying, "oh you poor thing how will you survive". Yes, yes, I know. It's bullshit all around.) Now I'm in academia for semi-retirement, which is what I really love anyway, where experience has value that remains undiminished by age. :)