Age is a weird prejudice because it depends so much on environment. In most companies, you&#x27;re viewed negatively before age 30: you&#x27;re expected to work the worst hours because the assumption is that you have nothing &quot;better&quot; to do and would just be out drinking. In Silicon Valley, you&#x27;re viewed negatively <i>after</i> 30. Some doors close and others open.<p>I do find, strangely, that I&#x27;m <i>way</i> more attractive to women now that I&#x27;m older, even though my looks have (objectively) declined. Adolescent men are unwanted, invisible, and generally disliked by society unless they&#x27;re in the top 5% for social skills; things get better at 25 and a lot better after 30... although I&#x27;m still glad that I married young because I&#x27;d imagine that the dating pool shrinks considerably.