A neighbor of mine is in his 60s and lost his job the same way. He can run rings around anyone I know but he can't find a job or even get an interview.
Bjarne Stroustrup, the C++ creator, wrote a blog post about going for a job interview and being told he "didn't fit the culture" and he knew what that meant.
If they can, take off the date of birth, remove the year on your degrees and don't list experiences beyond 20 years.
Companies can't add 18 + length of schooling + length of career ?
That does not mean that it doesn't happen. I mean, we already established that we're dealing with short-sighted people here.
Never said it doesn’t happen, I know it does. I simply stated it’s a very flawed approach and gave one example of why.
You actually have 18 years of experience, making you 40 years of age, and you're listing only the most recent ~10 years. They have no practical means to accurately figure out your age from that resume. The best it can do is slightly help you avoid the first layer of age-based screening.
It's really bad if a resume never pass the first screening, it literally can't get a job. It's not reasonable to blame age for that, interviewers cannot guess the age from just a resume (and if they can they shouldn't let be).
I actually spoke to him at a tech event, he was super nice and I totally don't doubt the 'culture fit'