I'm now working at my 4th Big Tech company and am about 20 years into my career. At this point I have absolutely zero interest in socializing with any of my co-

I'm now working at my 4th Big Tech company and am about 20 years into my career. At this point I have absolutely zero interest in socializing with any of my co-workers outside of official capacity. Maybe it's because I'm in an "return to IC" phase of my career, but I'm finding that 90% of the other ICs are at least 10 years younger than I am. Then there are the managers, who are primarily people who have been with the company for 15+ years and all seem to be at least 10 years older than I am. I'm thinking this "everybody back to the office" push is going to be the thing that gets me to finally leave the Big Tech scene. That, and the fact that I can probably get a comp bump of at least 10% by going with a smaller company that has a desperate need for my skillset. (As it turns out, no Big Tech company seems to ever have a "desperate need" for anything.)