Aside from the fact that it&#x27;s the young who are being wrecked in employment, there are logical reasons why a company in some area of competition may choose a younger person over an older person.<p>Obviously where experience matters more, companies might choose an older person, such as in a high-level executive position, where I presume most people are older.<p>But experience isn&#x27;t everything, and <i>g</i> tests have consistently beaten years of relevant work experience as a single-metric predictor of work performance. I don&#x27;t doubt that you&#x27;d want your kernel security team to be veterans, but other companies are justified in hiring young people out of college and having them learn as they go.