I've found a wealth of talent by swimming against the Silicon Valley tide of favoring youth.
There is an annoying pathology at work though. During the 90's most experienced developers were incentivised to move into management or sales roles. Many of the management/sales roles these developers moved into have disappeared.
There is a population of older software developers who kept coding through the late 90's and early 00's who are almost invariably awesome.
There is also population of older developers who left day to day coding work and have seen their employment prospects diminish who are trying to get back into development. This is a more difficult population to work with.
There is an annoying pathology at work though. During the 90's most experienced developers were incentivised to move into management or sales roles. Many of the management/sales roles these developers moved into have disappeared.
There is a population of older software developers who kept coding through the late 90's and early 00's who are almost invariably awesome.
There is also population of older developers who left day to day coding work and have seen their employment prospects diminish who are trying to get back into development. This is a more difficult population to work with.