One thing that older engineers often have that younger don't is family commitments. I am in my 40's with all the things that come along with that, wife, kids, e

One thing that older engineers often have that younger don't is family commitments. I am in my 40's with all the things that come along with that, wife, kids, expectation of personal time, etc. With Covid hitting, my productivity has plunged. I have young kids at home that I have to tutor, my wife is working from home as well so constantly getting distracted by her work calls. Kids stress both of us out, dogs barking etc. Its almost impossible to get any deep work done. I work with a bunch of either younger people without families or people my age that are childless. They have not been affected at all. Employers very often want someone that will live to work for the company, many of the middle aged engineers cannot / will not do that.