I'm a somewhat older programmer, and fwiw, I've met as many genuinely unhireable fossils as I've heard this complaint. I've heard it from people who've been pr

I'm a somewhat older programmer, and fwiw, I've met as many genuinely unhireable fossils as I've heard this complaint. I've heard it from people who've been programming for 30+ years, whose idea of code versioning is the 'Save As' button. I've heard it from people whose entry to technology development was coding websites in HTML 1.0, who've learned very little else since. Many people, at least from the previous generations of programmers, either don't appreciate or aren't able to manage the lifelong learning required by this profession.