Comment Re:The problem is they only hire "senior level" (Score 1) 715
Now, you absolutely do see fewer older coders because a lot of the competent ones get diverted to management after a while. The skill sets of a good programmer and a good manager have a surprising amount of overlap, and the work can be less stressful depending how you handle your workload. But that doesn't mean it's hard to get hired as an older coder simply because you're old.
What I do see a lot is older programmers who are legitimately not good hires. Either they failed to keep up on even the basics of new technology (I'm talking "Java devs who don't know anything about the new features if Java 6 in 2012" level of out-of-touch) or they just weren't that good to begin with, and stuck around the first job they managed to hire into until they became an "older programmer".