That jumped out at me, too. I worked at an R&D lab on the East Coast early in my career, and there was such a great mix of young and old engineers. Many of the

That jumped out at me, too. I worked at an R&D lab on the East Coast early in my career, and there was such a great mix of young and old engineers. Many of the older engineers were legends and they knew so much. The pay wasn’t great by Silicon Valley standards, but nobody seemed to mind, perhaps because the work was fulfilling and they knew they weren’t viewed as disposable. Of course, costs of living were much lower too. Fast forward fifteen years and I work at a Silicon Valley software company staffed by a constantly churning roster of 20-somethings. I’m the old man in my late thirties. It really is bizarre.