I'm neither particularly old or young in this context, and whilst I would typically agree that young people put in more hours, I'd argue many of those hours are

I'm neither particularly old or young in this context, and whilst I would typically agree that young people put in more hours, I'd argue many of those hours are wasted. Personally I'd rather hire the guy who's already done it and have a lower risk of delivery, but I find that much of the management layer in tech just want someone who'll say yes. They don't see that they're building the wrong thing, or reinviting the wheel, but they often don't care because putting tasks in Jira and them marking them done looks like they're achieving things.