I haven read the Bloomberg article, only Steve's.

Based on that I wont be reading it either. I'm 44, have no ambition to become a Manager (I have actually done that under a different guise)

I love my job, I'm good at it (well, at least I like to think so) and I've just joined a new company where the youngest in IT is 39! We had a younger developer here, but he has moved on as he felt there were no promotion prospects for him, so he's gone to a larger company, which is fine for him as thats what he wants.

If your happy and good at what you do, why would you want to change to do something that doesn't really appeal?

Why do the older developers get a raw deal when it comes to opinions on why we are still developing?

I think someone else mentioned comparing a carpenter with 25 years + of experience, so they must be good at their profession to have been in the trade for so long?

Why doesn't that same scenario work for developers?

Beats me!