> Senior employees are not only expensive, they also are not coachable to learn new skills/technology, technically not hands on and aren't pliant to do the bidd

> Senior employees are not only expensive, they also are not coachable to learn new skills/technology, technically not hands on and aren't pliant to do the bidding of the management Of course we're expensive. We value our time, because we know it's limited. We're not young anymore, and we were never immortal. Every minute we spend making you richer is a minute we could spend on more important things. It's only natural that we should demand as high a wage as possible. Of course we aren't "pliant". We've been burned by management too often. Blame yourself, and blame our previous bosses. If they had treated us like human beings, we might not be so quick to regard you as a necessary evil. Nevertheless, how dare the author assume developers like me are unwilling to learn new technologies? That's only half true. Of course I'm going to look askance at a new tech stack that's just a buggier and more complex way to do work I already know how to do, but if it's a genuine improvement I will dive in as if I were a wet-behind-the-ears CS grad. Furthermore, what the hell is this bullshit about us oldsters not being hands-on? I'm still elbows-deep in this shit because I have no intention of letting myself get demoted to management even if it does seem to pay better and get a little more respect.