>However, the key difference between the younger set and the older set was that the fresh grads were open to and eager to learn new technologies whereas the old

>However, the key difference between the younger set and the older set was that the fresh grads were open to and eager to learn new technologies whereas the older set basically gave me responses of: "Drupal, why would you use that?" "PHP, that's horrible." "That's not JSR-168 compliant" That's partially because the younger kids didn't know enough to know what's wrong with PHP, but mostly because fresh college grads are so happy to actually have a job that they'll do anything to please. This isn't a case of the old guys not wanting to learn something new (PHP and java are almost exactly the same age). It's a case of old guys knowing enough about PHP to know that it has problems. Put it this way, if you want to hire someone to hit himself with a whip all day long, you find someone who doesn't know enough to know it hurts (or is a masochist).