This is still the thing today for many people in trades. I know at least a handful of people who have been at their company for 10+ years, including my father,

This is still the thing today for many people in trades. I know at least a handful of people who have been at their company for 10+ years, including my father, who works in the trades. Not an unheard of thing - tech is just immature, I think, and they have a lot of immature leadership, unfortunately.