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I feel as partially this happens because older people don't buy into the hype, can read through BS, and won't slave away 70 hrs a week for the same wage. Young
by avgDev 7y ago
I feel as partially this happens because older people don't buy into the hype, can read through BS, and won't slave away 70 hrs a week for the same wage.
Younger people are less experienced, have less opinions and in most case less life lessons. Tech companies want to move fast and make money, not question what is ethical.
- threeseed 7y ago> have less opinions I find this almost always to be the opposite.
- reaperducer 7y agoHis statement could probably be better refined as "largely keep their opinions to themselves and do their jobs." IME, older workers were raised not to discuss politics or religion at work.
- kenhwang 7y agoYounger opinions are easier to influence. Older opinions are pretty ingrained which makes them annoying to deal with when they come up.
- elcaminocomplex 7y agoTranslating: "People with little experience have ill-formed opinions and thus when you point out the holes in their arguments they cave, whereas experienced people have well-formed opinions which makes it difficult for you when you have weak arguments by which you try to change their opinion."
- tcbawo 7y agoI think that depends on the personality, not age or maturity level.
- kasey_junk 7y agoI’m getting way less opinionated as I get more experience.
- allthecybers 7y agoI find this to be true. Some folks fresh out of school, feel like they need to be constantly vocal to have influence and make a name for themselves. They also can bring strong but untested opinions to the table without the experimental data to back it up. Why do I relate this? Because I was guilty of it myself when I was younger and just starting out. However, as I've grown and gained experience I have become more pragmatic and willing to let my good work speak for itself, reserving my more vocal moments for the times I have most impact.
- kazinator 7y agoPart of it is, in my case, is that, for instance, I can take any one of some batch of proposed ideas and make it work. Whereas the less experienced person latches on some aspect of something that seems easy and magnifies the difficulties in the other approaches.
- elcaminocomplex 7y agoYounger people don't have fewer opinions from my own experience. They often have plenty of opinions, and with that comes less experience to back them up. As I've gotten older I've become far less likely to express opinions unless the issue I am offering an opinion on is one that's important, and one that I am able to offer some new perspective on. I wasn't that way at 25.
- sys_64738 7y agoAKA pick your battles.
- burner831234 7y agoWhile we really should just ask the original author to explain, my interpretation is: younger employees are more likely to simply acquiesce to unreasonable demands like short notice for working late. Or working to prove themselves bc they lack confidence. Older workers have gained the confidence to ask for what they are worth. Employers do not appreciate this. They may have a more efficient way of working or may not have a singular definition of self (work == my identity) and obligations like family outside of work.
- techsupporter 7y ago> and won't slave away 70 hrs a week for the same wage. I’m not even 40, though close to it, and I’m already here. The company I’ve worked for has routinely offered 4x10 work schedules to its employees but the group I am now in is considering whether to end that practice. I will quit if that happens even though I probably wouldn’t have just five years ago. I have no interest in commuting one more day and losing a day off (and a weekday off, no less, when I can get personal appointments and leisure things done). With every day that passes, I weight time away from work and time for leisure far more than I do money. Even though I have nowhere near enough to retire and any “low-stress” job wouldn’t pay me enough to live in my metro area, I would still walk away and consider what to do next if that benefit is revoked.
- kangnkodos 7y agoI agree with everything except I would change the order a little. Mentally decide to leave. Consider what to do next. Get that next job, perhaps a very different job. Give your two week notice.
- Lendal 7y agoThe more experience you have with different technologies the more you realize that there's more than one way to do things in this world.