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This is not limited to CompSci graduates and gets worse the older you get.
It’s also not limited to CompSci.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/sep/17/over-50s-reveal-trying-to-get-a-job-applications-interviews
If that’s the article I think it is, it’s almost all entirely charity/NGO work, and it also excludes analysis of the current job market which could be hitting younger workers the same.
I definitely think ageism is a real factor, 100%, but pointing to a series of anecdotes inside one industry is about the worst possible way to demonstrate it.
it’s not
COmpsci, is probably the worst of the stem majors, aside from physics which has higher rate of Unemployment. biotech/bio(not health) was always bad because of how limited they hire for most of the jobs.