There’s a cultural aspect. If you have a team all within a certain range, they’re going to mesh. It’s less likely that someone significantly older will. I like

There’s a cultural aspect. If you have a team all within a certain range, they’re going to mesh. It’s less likely that someone significantly older will. I liken this to the old smokers problem. A lot of political machinations happened when people went outside to smoke together. If you didn’t smoke, you were left out of important conversations. I’m 56 and I’m already left out of a lot of discussions that younger coworkers have. There’s definitely a problem in the IT works in how it builds teams and excludes older workers. We’re expected to be managers or executives. Not a part of implementation.