As some that is 44, I think older devs just get sick of the industry.
The constant churn while valuing little of the things I feel that I am actually skilled at - good code design, keeping things as simple as possible but no simpler. Instead we need experience trendy framework of the month, and interviews on algorithms that you will never need in your job. Oh, and please spend the weekend completing our pointless technical test before you get to speak to anyone technical about the job we want to interview you for.
I’m 45 and have had to abandon framework, languages, operating systems for close to 35 years.
We get paid an above average wage and all we have to do is watch a few videos and read a little bit.
I’m not sitting her le crying that my knowledge of 65C02 assembly is obsolete or that I had to learn the intricacies of DEC VAX and Stratus VOS over 20 years ago.
If that's what floats your boat go for it. I am bored of the pointless churn. If it was actually useful I would be far more enthusiastic. I am currently working on a React frontend to our app. It was supposed to make things s faster and easier, but the reality is it just adds more layers of unnecessary complexity.
I want to solve problems efficiently, not chase fads.
I wouldn't even say that new developers do that. We just keep encouraging chasing fads. Database query is slow. Switch to NoSQL instead of learning how to add an index.
The constant churn while valuing little of the things I feel that I am actually skilled at - good code design, keeping things as simple as possible but no simpler. Instead we need experience trendy framework of the month, and interviews on algorithms that you will never need in your job. Oh, and please spend the weekend completing our pointless technical test before you get to speak to anyone technical about the job we want to interview you for.