Old Techies Never Die

I really think that articles like this do a disservice to the industry, the age of the applicant is tangential to the problem, from the article:

While Web-based companies like Facebook and Google are scouring the world for new talent to hire, older technology workers often find that their skills are no longer valued.

Which is the heart of the issue, it's like saying that there is construction worker discrimination on the industry because we don't hire construction workers. Of all people technical workers should know that they have to keep their skills relevant. Pasturing as I call it, is a risky proposition some people take it as a course because they do not want to, or cannot keep up with the constant adaptation.

That being said you show the industry a 60 year old guy with Ruby or IOS experience and they will show him a job. Not hiring someone because they don't have skills is not discrimination and if you are going to hire someone without skills it makes logical sense that you would hire the guy fresh out of college to train.