I&#x27;m 29, and I&#x27;m not a hiring manager, but here&#x27;s where my ageism lies: People in their 60s tend to be less open to new experiences.<p>My ~50 year old guitar teacher told me a story about how he refused to even try guitar hero. I agree that, as an accomplished musicians, it would be kind of insulting to be asked to play guitar hero by your student. But it&#x27;s such a good opportunity to learn where the student is coming from, and understand how it could teach timing and patterns, even if it doesn&#x27;t teach fingering or picking.<p>My ~65 year old dad is still working as a consultant and actively gives paid speeches, and he plays a lot of solitaire and minesweeper on the computer. I&#x27;ve tried to get him to try a few videos game-- I even pitched Kerbal Space Program, from the educational aspect of understand our own space program better.  (When I was in D.C. at the National Air and Space Museum, I was recognizing parts that KSP had copied the models of.)  He has no interest in it.<p>My mom, and my aunts on both side of the family are extremely stubborn about their political beliefs, and phrase their responses as: &quot;oh, well, <i>I</i> believe that ____&quot;.  Not trying to seek a consensus, not trying to crack an argument. Just laying out their own belief.  (Their political beliefs range from: common Democrat, pro-choice conservative, global-focused liberal.)<p>I get the idea that, as we grow older, we&#x27;ve kind of discovered what we like and what we don&#x27;t like. I usually just have Cookies &amp; Cream ice cream, because it&#x27;s my favorite. I don&#x27;t try rocky road again because the nuts give it a bad texture. But if a young person strongly recommended Rocky Road Version 5, I hope I would try it for the sake of trying it.<p>So that&#x27;s where my ageism comes from. I&#x27;ve told my younger brother to call me out on not being open to new experiences, if that&#x27;s something that happens to me in my old age. At the very least, it&#x27;ll be a good source of brotherly humor.