Saying "there is age discrimination in the tech industry" is looking at the symptoms. The root cause is not being able to look at it from the system's viewpoint that causes it.
Tech industry especially the cutting/bleeding edge segment, is a crapshoot. Its survival depends on breaking rules, boundaries, assumptions and being starry-eyed believers
Seasoned engineers appear to "project" they are fixated on things knowingly or unknowingly. If you are doing it unknowingly - time to review one's communication style.
Also, this segment survives (or emerges out of) by riding the technology shifts. For example, here is a shift in the software programming segment.
green screen -> desktop -> web -> mobile -> deep learning.
Most companies do prefer to hire senior members who have experience with prior technology segment and are attempting a newer one.
Tech industry especially the cutting/bleeding edge segment, is a crapshoot. Its survival depends on breaking rules, boundaries, assumptions and being starry-eyed believers
Seasoned engineers appear to "project" they are fixated on things knowingly or unknowingly. If you are doing it unknowingly - time to review one's communication style.
Also, this segment survives (or emerges out of) by riding the technology shifts. For example, here is a shift in the software programming segment. green screen -> desktop -> web -> mobile -> deep learning.
Most companies do prefer to hire senior members who have experience with prior technology segment and are attempting a newer one.