Senior Developers Are Getting Rejected for Jobs

I know a few good senior devs that are stuck between jobs due to problems with programming challenges in the hiring process. With market demand you'd think senior devs would get snapped up quickly but not so. Is this happening on a widespread basis?

So now the ageism bar gets down a little bit lower, a few people that shouldn't, start having problems.

But this has been going on for a long time in this industry, in particular, and not much was done and only a little said.

"First they came.....Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

The way I read it, the skill test is based on youthful agility, but no aspect of architecture/experience taken account of.

Now, you could argue that employers just need a certain skillset at this point of the market cycle, but the article implies a theme is emerging.

Anyhoo, I am not in SV, or USA, but I am in my second demi-century and spec and write specialist safety software and systems to international performance based standards, eg burner controls right now.

I have worked on contract all my working life, and I often wonder when my time will come.

But my fortunate reality is that the skill set needed is so broad and certification requires maybe a decade minimum of supervised work component, probably engineers in this game don't really hit their straps before 40, minimum.

But you never know when the rules change...