Exactly this. If you have 20 years of experience, you need to be working for the kind of place where 20 years of experience has more value than 7 years of expe

Exactly this. If you have 20 years of experience, you need to be working for the kind of place where 20 years of experience has more value than 7 years of experience, or else you need to accept getting paid like you only have 7 years of experience. That's not ageism, that's just economics. Another area where experience can have value: embedded systems.