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These days, it seems as if no one is employable.
A new year has dawned, but it remains a terrible time to find and keep a job in tech. As layoffs and hiring stagnation continue apace, a contradictory trend has begun to take hold: Both entry-level workers in their 20s and mid-career professionals over 40 are being edged out of the tech workforce.
Experts say this paradoxical pattern is no coincidence – it’s dual-ended ageism. Jobseekers, in particular, are feeling the squeeze.
The trend raises a question that cuts to the heart of today’s inscrutable engineering job market: Is anyone the ‘right’ age to get hired?
A sudden shift in an ongoing pattern
Gen Z’s tech-hiring woes have dominated recent headlines, in part because of the trend’s departure from prior industry norms.
