I’m 38 years old and already I’m on the IT scrap heap, at least according to Mark Zuckerberg as quoted on Mitch Kapor vs Mark Zuckerberg.
That’s a nice thought.
With all of the casual ageism going around I find it hard to believe that I will make it to retirement working in IT.
If the IT industry as a whole isn’t very careful I think that it will find it increasingly tough to recruit good people. I’ve never heard of solicitors, general practitioners or engineers in other disciplines being written off at 35.