Last year I went to a talk by VC Mark Suster.[1] He addressed age discrimination and how he doesn't participate in it and is actively against it. Why do other V

Last year I went to a talk by VC Mark Suster.[1] He addressed age discrimination and how he doesn't participate in it and is actively against it. Why do other VC's do this? It’s their goal: a billion dollar company. That takes 8-11 years to build, going at a full startup pace. A lot of life changes can happen in that time. You sure aren’t getting more energetic as the years go by. Your personal and financial responsibility is probably increasing over time. While he isn’t an ageist, he does say that the earlier you can do this, the better. That explains VC's and startups active age discrimination. For non-startups, it seems more centered around a salary cap that is unattractive to experienced engineers. (Not to say that ageism doesn't exist there, and for the record, I am "plus-aged" myself.) 1. http://philip.yurchuk.com/career/mark-suster-talks-startups-innovate-pasadena/ http://philip.yurchuk.com/career/mark-suster-talks-startups-...