I'm a neckbeard, literally, and it's even gray :). I'm not sure the implied age gap proves out... maybe. I mean there are always early, mainstream and late adop

I'm a neckbeard, literally, and it's even gray :). I'm not sure the implied age gap proves out... maybe. I mean there are always early, mainstream and late adopters of a thing. I remember teaching C++ back in the 90's and there was always at least one person in the back of the room who at some point would say "I can do all this with structs and pointers!" or something to that effect. But yeah, ultimately if you get to be my age and are still doing engineering in this business then it's either because you're still doing it at the same place or you're not afraid of change.