WTH is this article on about?

I just went to a tech social event last week here in Seattle and there were so may older men and women desperately looking for new positions after having been brutally cut by Microsoft and Amazon

Also the calculus that older employees cost companies more in salary and benefits is usually ruthlessly applied

In the tech / startup world I have to lie about my age or hide it as an over 50 year old..

I mean you don’t see any AI commercials with gray haired people do you

Ageism and Sexism is rampant in tech - not to mention the practice or hiring folks of one age , sex and ethnicity or another as culture ‘fit’

It sucks because so many older tech experts with years of good experience have been thrown by the wayside.. to the point where its a cliche