I don’t know why this got downvoted. This is a legitimate concern. You can up-skill for sure. But whether you can be recognized for it, versus treated as the o

I don’t know why this got downvoted. This is a legitimate concern. You can up-skill for sure. But whether you can be recognized for it, versus treated as the outsider, is another thing. You can have all that skill but it confers no leverage. As Walter Bright pointed out, skill doesn’t mean anything if there’s an industry-wide groupthink biased against age/experience.