Toxic work environments and constant overtime are to be avoided at all costs. But in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area at least, companies are absolutely b

Toxic work environments and constant overtime are to be avoided at all costs. But in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area at least, companies are absolutely burying inexperienced hires in money, so I don't think the salary issue is as much of an issue anymore. As to the rest of those preferences, it actually costs an older worker very little simply to cultivate an enthusiasm for new technologies, or their new companies' pet projects. Where an inexperienced hire will do anything becuase they think everything will work, and an experienced hire might refuse to do things because they think it won't work, a true wise greybeard realizes most things don't work no matter what, but you might as will get onboard and take the ride. You never know what might end up succeeding.