Age discrimination in tech: 20+ years of experience no longer guarantees a job
PAstynome · x · 2026-09-08
Finance Dystopia highlights how experienced 50-year-olds are realizing two decades of career experience guarantees nothing in today's job market. Replying, PAstynome notes age discrimination is decades old — she's met former i-bankers unemployed for two years — and is especially severe in programming, with few exceptions like analog semiconductor design where age remains an asset.
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