I call shenanigans on the original NYT article. According to a survey conducted by the National Science Foundation and the Census Bureau, six years after finis

I call shenanigans on the original NYT article. According to a survey conducted by the National Science Foundation and the Census Bureau, six years after finishing college, 57 percent of computer science graduates are working as programmers; at 15 years the figure drops to 34 percent, and at 20 years -- when most are still only in their early 40's -- it is down to 19 percent. What they fail to talk about is the 7 different occupations similar to 'computer programmer'. Are you a Computer scientists and systems analyst? Or a Network and computer systems administrator? Is your job title Computer software engineer? Maybe you're a Electrical/electronic engineer or a Computer hardware engineer? Then you are not a Computer Programmer. NYT cherry picked one occupation of many. If you're 40 and you've migrated job titles past Programmer, you contribute to this 'rampant ageism'.