Either you become CTO or you stay a Senior Software Developer forever. I have noticed a lot of age discrimination the "bay area startup scene". Not so much ou

Either you become CTO or you stay a Senior Software Developer forever. I have noticed a lot of age discrimination the "bay area startup scene". Not so much outside the bay area. I do wonder how long it is until someone gets sued for age discrimination when the way they knew the person's age was a video call. I see a lot of startups (including some YC ones) wanting to do a video call with a recruiter before even sending your resume to a hiring manager. I'm used to recruiters wasting my time, they need to feel important. I'm used to being excluded for stupid reasons, like: [I describe how I wrote code that generated SQL that was used to query an Oracle backend] "which version of oracle" [some minor release] "oh, I'm sorry, they're looking for oracle [next minor release] experience". My impression is that front line HR people look for an excuse to screen people out... makes them feel important. And now age is a way they can do that. How are video calls an acceptable requirement? "He just wasn't a cultural fit. I mean, like I totally saw grey in his hair".