I've written about this sentiment before and think it's spot on. SV is foremost about projecting an image. An older tech worker who still needs to pull down a

I've written about this sentiment before and think it's spot on. SV is foremost about projecting an image. An older tech worker who still needs to pull down a paycheck utterly shatters the mythos that a few youthful years of brilliance and hundred hour weeks will allow the best and brightest to ride off into the sunset in their Ferraris at age 27. The perception is that if you haven't made millions by the time you reach what would in any other industry be considered mid-career then you just can't be very good. Startups and VC-funded crapshoots don't want reminders of their imminent mortality hanging around. They want to show off and be surrounded by freshers in order to further the belief that we are all special, we are changing the world, and we will all get rich before our braces come off.