You hit the nail right on the thumb. About 10 years ago, I was looking for jobs, and wasn't getting any bites. My wife said "Cut your resume in half. Only sh

You hit the nail right on the thumb. About 10 years ago, I was looking for jobs, and wasn't getting any bites. My wife said "Cut your resume in half. Only show the last 7 years of your employment history." It worked--when it wasn't so obvious that I was a graybeard, I got a lot more interviews. But it was epochally, cosmically sad for me to cut out 15 years of my experience--describing achievement I was really proud of. And just throw them in the trash.