I never experienced age bias. I did experience “Why can’t you work as cheaply as an Indian programmer?” bias when COBOL head hunters called.
HH: It pays $35 an hour
Me: I can’t work that cheaply. I make more than that now with the state.
HH: I can hire an Indian programmer for $25 an hour
Me: Then do it
HH: Nah, the client hates them.
Oddly, the client was our healthcare insurance provider. This guy was headhunting for a consulting firm.
Most the people I saw doing COBOL are older white guys. Does anyone even learn COBOL now?
You haven’t lived until you’ve been offered $13 per hour, corp-to-corp, for Metro NYC.
Deport all of them.
No wonder states are broke.