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I would rather work with "old" engineers rather than 25/30 year old "senior" engineers.

Places with older engineers means:

1. things are done properly

2. less to break

3. no need to be on call

4. excellent WLB (no grind n burnout culture)

5. excellent mentoring and learning opportunities

6. sniper / laser focus on business fundamentals / making money rather than making noise on the internet streets




None of these things are related to age or amount of experience. Someone with 20 years of mediocre experience will be mediocre, and they may also have a false sense of their own ability because they've managed to scrape by for so long.


Would agree with this to an extent, however most younger managers would not agree, as they are "agile" and have deadlines to worry about.


Agree with 1-4, 5 and 6 not so correlated with age in my experience.




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