Part of this could also be attributed to the way older generations approach work. You find a company, put in your 30 years, then retire. That makes you a terrib

Part of this could also be attributed to the way older generations approach work. You find a company, put in your 30 years, then retire. That makes you a terrible prospect in the tech industry. 10+ years of doing repetitive tasks or exploiting domain knowledge to maintain some legacy system means you are far behind in both knowledge and motivation.