I've been thinking about this a lot lately too. Chances are, the older you get, the average person will have lived through more "failures" than huge mega-succe

I've been thinking about this a lot lately too. Chances are, the older you get, the average person will have lived through more "failures" than huge mega-successes. This influences how they perceive the world and their expected outcome. Some 20 year-old who has never had to work for a BigCo or failed startup has not had that experience yet. (Not sure if this is a plus or minus, probably a plus.) Sometimes, just sometimes, a "crotchety old-timer" who might still only be in his late twenties, can bring something to the game that a 20 y/o might not have at that age.