Hey there,
My parents were in town visiting this weekend. While they're past middle age now, they're both likely going to work for many more years, so it was interesting talking to them about age discrimination in their fields.
"It's hard to get hired as a teacher when you're almost 60," my mom pointed out. You're competing against younger, cheaper, and more energetic new hires. "I'm just lucky I don't look my age."
There was a related article I read last week called "
Ctrl-Alt-Delete: The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders". With life expenctancy at all-time highs, I'm guessing the problem of age discrimintation isn't going away.
So I'm wrestling with two questions now:
- As a manager in tech, how can I avoid discriminating against older hires? and
- As an aging human being, how can I stay relevant in my career?
There's not one answer, but I'd love to hear your thoughts. What are you doing to stay relevant in the ever-changing tech world?