Re: Unfortunately...
You do raise some interesting and valid points, but your problem is you are generalising all "oldies" as stick-in-the-mud fossils and all "youngies" as eager, willing and able to dive in and "get with" all the new stuff. The bit you are clearly missing is that not all "oldies" are as you describe and most definitely all "youngies" are not as you describe. Being young, eager and willing, even at 1/3rd the salary, isn't always cost effective when the lack of experience shows it's ugly head. You just have to look at the constant "re-inventing the wheel" going on across much of industry, not just the IT industry. Remember, the vast majority of start-ups" fail. Often because they are built and staffed by "youngies" painting fresh lipstick on an old pig and they don't even realise that is what they are doing. But, of course, no one remembers them. They just point at the very, very few start-ups that succeed and go "oh look, all those young entrepreneurs, inventors and designers are amazing and incredible"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
