Older workers expect higher wages and are less willing to tolerate unpaid overtime. They're harder to bullshit with cheap "perks" like foosball tables and beer

Older workers expect higher wages and are less willing to tolerate unpaid overtime. They're harder to bullshit with cheap "perks" like foosball tables and beer on Friday. An experienced developer might be better, but who cares when you can get two junior devs for the same price and they'll work 14 hour days during your quarterly "crunch"? Bad managers operate on the assumption that writing software is like making widgets - it's just a matter of man-hours. They don't believe in the 10x developer, they don't even believe in the 1.1x developer; their employees are just meat in a seat.