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Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Will Older Programmers Always Have A Hard Time Getting A Job?

Theseuss writes: Given the strong youth culture associated with the modern day Silicon Valley startup scene, many times it falls to the 40 year-old programmer to prove that he can still use the newest up-and-coming technology. Yet the rate at which the tech sector is growing suggests that in 20 years there will be a an order of magnitude more "old-hat" programmers in the industry. As such, do you think the cultural bias towards young programmers will change in the near future?

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