You have a whole lot to learn. You should always be considering what’s in the best interest of the business. Wasting 100 man hours on a poorly conceived idea and not voicing your objections because “You do what you’re told!” is utterly foolish. When it comes time for promotions and hiring I look for people who are…

As someone who has managed employees older than me, I appreciate being questioned if the decision I made doesn't make sense. Some of my employees have saved me on occasion.

Competent management wants to hire people that question things and bring in their experience and fortitude to say , “wait, no.”

Wouldn’t let one single 20 something year old be an indictment on the entire generation. It’s entirely possible he just may suck all on his own.

I have a project with a 20 something and he’s an idiot. His mistakes are amateurish. I’ve worked for larger software houses before and a kid like this wouldn’t have made it a couple of weeks.

When I worked at EA I was considerably older than nearly everyone else in the department, and certainly the oldest of my peers. In the majority of cases, I was literally old enough to be their father.