I thought it was implied by "[the challenge is] convincing someone to pay you commensurate with your age and experience over a 22 year old kid who needs one thi

I thought it was implied by "[the challenge is] convincing someone to pay you commensurate with your age and experience over a 22 year old kid who needs one third the money and benefits ... notice how much convincing there is to do, despite the facts?" That is, the facts implied that the poster was owed a salary that reflected both is age, experience, and his need for a greater salary. Other people sometimes argue that employers don't like to employ older people because the demand more money. I always found this argument strange because that would still imply that given the same salary, the employer has no preference either way, and so the employer has no reason not to offer the lower salary to the older applicant.