IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Millennial Corps: lawsuit
Age discrimination for older software engineers is real. It gets enforced in subtle ways. It is up or out culture at the end.Age discrimination doesn't get the same coverage as gender, race or sexual orientation discrimination. I wish companies also added age in the diversity reports, and if they did talk about why there are such a few percentage of older folks in engineering. If we wish to make engineering career to span several decades, we should all actively try to get o address this.