I spent the past eight years in a VP role. We were cranking along until Covid hit, but couldn’t weather the storm. Closed doors late last year.

I decided to take a step back, work on life/work balance now that I have little ones and seek a director or manager level position.

Being 43 now, I feel like my age is getting in the way of some positions. Others I feel (rather know) think I’m overqualified or are intimidated by bringing me on.

Am I being crazy thinking my age is getting in my way?

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Ageism is a (illegal) thing; someone at a senior level would be expected to have significant experience. Bottom line is, I don’t think you should concern yourself with worrying about age holding you back. Get out there and get ‘em by showing your value. 😀😀

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No, you’re not being crazy. I am in a similar situation - 20 years of experience and age discrimination is real. I applied to a role the other day through LinkedIn and the screener questions required candidates to input graduation years for education. There was an option to remove education entirely but then it’s also an obvious flag of older age by refusing to provide that info. It’s discouraging and I’m worried about my career.

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