And conversely, I've worked on teams where most of the developers were "inexperienced" and didn't have the skills necessary to do a good job.
No one is worried about a bias against "bad" developers. The problem is that the same companies that are crying the most about a lack of available developers are (potentially) explicitly not hiring older developers. The cynical amongst us assume this is another tactic to keep employee costs down.
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And conversely, I've worked on teams where most of the developers were "inexperienced" and didn't have the skills necessary to do a good job.
No one is worried about a bias against "bad" developers. The problem is that the same companies that are crying the most about a lack of available developers are (potentially) explicitly not hiring older developers. The cynical amongst us assume this is another tactic to keep employee costs down.
Well, it's not a big jump if they are willing to collude illegally to depress wages.