There is another side to this than age. &quot;Culture&quot;. A lot of people don&#x27;t buy into the startup &quot;culture&quot; and won&#x27;t be a good fit no matter how hard they work or how good they are.<p>I know people my age (30~) who can&#x27;t get a foot in because they don&#x27;t fit in with the hipster-frames-hoovering-art-director types who apart from being well connected founders also part time as diversity activists.