As an FYI to others who might jump to conclusions... my experience as a VC involved in several tech companies as well as a founder is that older people generally do not like to apply to work for early stage startups. The compensation and risk profile of early stage startups often does not appeal or work well for older developers.
Second to that, the number of software developers doubles approximately every 5 years, meaning that developers 40 years and older make up only about 20% of the workforce [1] [2]. The end result is that it's not unusual that older developers are not well represented at smaller tech companies and one should not jump to the conclusion that there is age discrimination on that basis alone.
Second to that, the number of software developers doubles approximately every 5 years, meaning that developers 40 years and older make up only about 20% of the workforce [1] [2]. The end result is that it's not unusual that older developers are not well represented at smaller tech companies and one should not jump to the conclusion that there is age discrimination on that basis alone.
[1] https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2004/2004.05847.pdf
[2] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019