Perhaps this is the difference between working in technology companies, which tend to worship 20-something young men in hoodies and working in other areas.

If you look around a bit you may find that although upper management in media and advertising may be older, they still favor hiring people under 40. There is a pervasive idea that younger people have “fresh ideas”.

To really brighten your day, I’ll point out that age discrimination hits women much harder than men. Many women feel a great deal of pressure to look younger professionally once they are in their late thirties and early forties.

Age discrimination dovetails with generational conflict. The young replacing the old. This is one reason that age discrimination remains an area where overt discrimination is still tolerated.