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I haven't experienced any of this as I've gradually aged into being a 35 year old dinosaur. The people I work or have worked with in their 20s tend to be eager
by steve_adams_86 5y ago
I haven't experienced any of this as I've gradually aged into being a 35 year old dinosaur. The people I work or have worked with in their 20s tend to be eager to share and learn, happy to adhere to whatever office schedule exists, and not very critical of what us elderly folks do.
We usually have jokes going back and forth about our giant, unfathomable 10 year+ age gap. Maybe that's part of it though. We don't think of it as all that important or meaningful, we have fun with it, and our working conditions are pretty nice to start with so there's not much to rebel against.
Overall I'm more afraid of the older people I work with if I were to use such a word. I'm pretty tired of convention over experimentation in the work place. I don't think strictly remote is inherently better than strictly office, but I know having options is superior that not having them. My friends and family are currently at the mercy of older people with old ideas around this matter, and yeah, that's much scarier than young people with new ideas that they care about.
Generally I think you're better off listening to young people and thinking a lot about what they're up to, just as much as respecting the wisdom of older people. And of course, all that is because we as individuals are so often wrong. We can benefit a lot from those around us being right for us sometimes, old or young.