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I did this recently. I removed the details of older experience and replaced them with a section “Other projects” where I quickly listed interesting and relevant things I did before but with no dates. I also removed the dates of my degrees.

Coincidence or not, I started receiving more contacts from recruiters and recently got a great new job.

As someone who does a lot of resume screening and interviewing, I will say I don't really care when you got your degree, so that's fine with me.

Though I can only really speak for myself.

I recently created a custom resume for a recruiter who wanted me to remove my pre-2006 experience from my resume before he would submit me for a contract. Boasting wide and deep experience in this industry is a liability for an employee, not an asset.

Yep, I did some “filtering” as well

This is funny to me because it means 10 years of experience is the maximum any candidate should have.

What was the relationship between you and the person who gave that advice?

I was laid off and one of the severance benefits was a job placement / interview coaching service