lotash

Are you sure that's the reason? I work in the Bay Area, most people at the company have kids. They're all productive.

I'm a SWE hiring manager. I love to hire older, experienced devs. I want somebody who can be self-directed and can effectively talk to stakeholders to come up with a good solution. My experience has been that (some!) older developers are more able to do this.

That said, if you're an older dev that hasn't kept up with the times, I'm prob not going to hire you.

I even work in SV :)