>Yet, it doesn't have to be that way in your forties. I'm not saying once you hit your 40s you're useless, just that you're a bit slower than you were. From a

>Yet, it doesn't have to be that way in your forties. I'm not saying once you hit your 40s you're useless, just that you're a bit slower than you were. From a company's perspective it makes a lot more sense to hire people who are younger - that's just playing the odds. >Both candidates running for the Presidency, and both Vice President candidates are older than 40 (Paul Ryan barely so) and have tonnes of energy. How would you know? Those guys have staffs to handle every conceivable need so they can use all the energy they have in public.