The linked article is not exactly the pinnacle of journalistic quality (referring to generic alleged age discriminators as "jerks", for example), but the topic is timely and relevant.<p>As a 50-something IT guy, of course, I'm painfully aware of age screening in the hiring process, and I've reluctantly acquiesced in recent years to others' advice to shorten my lengthy resume to include only the past 10-15 years' worth of experience.<p>But, I'm not about to go out and sue somebody. First of all, I'm not into suing potential employers; it tends to burn bridges, waste money, and just make things worse overall.<p>Secondly, go prove it. I mean, I've applied for hundreds of jobs over the years, and most of them either never answer, or interview me then decline to offer, or sometimes put me on hold and a few months later ask me to come fill a different position. Who am I to conclude that it's all about age?<p>There are so many factors involved that isolating age as <i>the</i> main reason for being passed over is difficult if not impossible. Of course, companies sometimes do settle out of court just to avoid the expense and bad press associated with defending themselves, but that just feeds the lawsuit beast and I'm really against frivolous lawsuits and the horrific effect they've had on our society.<p>Thirdly, why would I, at my current stage in life, want to be an employee of a company run by and full of 20-somethings who are young enough to be my sons (or, occasionally, daughters ;)? I have been there, and I find myself cringing to watch Junior say and do silly things. The father in me tells me to let him go ahead and make his mistakes because that's part of growing up. The politician in me tells me to keep my mouth shut and look for something better.<p>Nope, although I'm quite fortunate right now to have a work-from-home full time job designing and writing web apps and mobile apps for a living, if I found myself out of work I'd probably try to start my own consulting business or otherwise try to make it free-lancing and partnering with other app writers and designers rather than go and try to be a code monkey at a 20-something start-up. Or try to start my own start-up, for that matter.<p>The 20-somethings (except for a few cool, mature-beyond-their-years ones) don't relate to me, because they're young and inexperienced. I can relate to them, however, but I have already been through that awkward phase of life and have little interest in reliving it!<p>Frankly I'm surprised that so many 40-somethings and 50-somethings really want to work in such an environment. A friend of mine in SV complains about his manager who is half his age, who said "convert this script from Python to Java; it shouldn't take you more than half an hour" and in fact it took my friend two weeks. Come on, if it takes half an hour then do it yourself, hotshot. On the other hand I have a manager who is 20+ years my junior, and he's very cool, mature beyond his years, very focused on business.