"Years of Experience" mean nothing in Engineering

It means nothing in other roles too, if you have the skills + can showcase the effects - age is just a number then

i think you are yet to meet a senior engineer. Remember "number of years means nothing , stuff you have done in those years does"

Someday you’ll also fall behind and will have to continue career as ur risk appetite is low. Maybe you’ll make genuine effort to match ur skill level to age but somewhere you will have a thought “Is this really worth spending my remaining life over?” Your body starts falling behind, responsibilities are never ending, life shows u many things… Anyway, you’ll get some answers as u age

I totally am aligned with the image and your headline. I disagree with your last para.
There are People who just want to be in tech even in their 40s. I don't think it's fair to put a number on who should be in tech and when

Unfortunately, YOE is the first line of any job description :(

I have always believed that it is not the number of years of experience, but the number of situations faced and handled in those years that count.

Try working for 2 years in a 0-1 setup or spending 2 years in the hypergrowth stage of a startup and you'll know a lot more than someone working for 5+ years in a large org.

With all due respect, I disagree with the limit of 40 years. What do you think the world would look like if Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Guido van Rossum, Leslie Lamport, and others stopped working in tech after 40? You've likely had a few poor experiences with leaders above 40. But that doesn't warrant a generalization that all leaders above 40 are incompetent.

Cheers!