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title: Age discrimination in technology
url: https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-02-18-age-discrimination-in-technology/
date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00+00:00
author: Graham Brooks
tags:
- Writing
---

# Age discrimination in technology

This article post '<a
href="http://www.infoworld.com/d/adventures-in-it/painful-truth-about-age-discrimination-in-tech-209?page=0,3">The
painful truth about age discrimination in tech</a>' left me a little
confused. Am I still considered a developer or have I given up the
mantle and considered a statistic.

Do I cut code? - yes but not as much as I would like and it is not the
thing I do every day.

Is there age discrimination? If there is it not that explicit or
something I have taken an offence at.

Do I agree that it is difficult to stay technical after 20+ years in
the industry? Absolutely! By taking on other roles related to software
development I have had the opportunity to have a much greater effect
on a project.

Do I miss cutting code from dawn to dusk? Again Absolutely! I now do
most of my coding from dusk until dawn.

Is this a problem? And if it is do I or anyone else have an answer?