I really wonder about how prevalent age discrimination is and more importantly - is it sometimes actually deserved?<p>We recently hired a super sharp guy in his late 40&#x27;s. Guy is brilliant. His age is completely irrelevant.<p>I also worked with a guy in his late 40&#x27;s and early 50&#x27;s who thought that the pinnacle of innovation and best development practices is to write all your business logic in Oracle PLSQL. Also, he&#x27;d never heard of HTTP even though he used a browser every day.<p>I mean I&#x27;m sorry but...it&#x27;s not that the guy was old, but his ideas definitely were. We&#x27;re an industry that is always moving. If you&#x27;re not learning new things, you&#x27;re stagnating. And if you&#x27;re stagnant, you&#x27;re screwed, eventually.<p>But you can be stagnant at 25 just as easily. I know people my age (I&#x27;m 35) who never moved past Visual Basic and think a REST-ful API is an API that likes to take naps maybe.<p>I guess my point is - age discrimination probably does exist, but I&#x27;m willing to bet it&#x27;s because the ideas the person being discriminated against are old. I really haven&#x27;t experienced any kind of bad attitude towards women, or &quot;minorities&quot;, or older people. If you can get your shit done, you&#x27;re golden.