I&#x27;m not sure the industry suffers from ageism in the way most people here think it does. The start-up community hiring cocky 24 year old team leads who refuse to heed advice from their seniors definitely aren&#x27;t going to be hiring the older guy, sure.<p>However, remove the funding and force these companies to actually compete on merit and only those who are actually capable of delivering will still exist.  At that point, hopefully, we&#x27;ll see a rise of new leaders who actally value excellence.<p>The point is, we can only afford to value hipness over experience in bubbles and it looks like this one&#x27;s about to burst.  Of course, I&#x27;m not from the future, so I could be wrong.