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Comment by Avshalom | Hacker News Reader

>Unless they're saying they literally can't find qualified GenX workers at any price--That would be a real shortage

Pretty sure they mean they have plenty of 60 years who have been working there for 40 years and plenty of 20 year olds who just started but not a lot of 40 year old with 20 years experience to keep the transfer of knowledge smooth.

which unless some one has a time machine is a thing you can't find at literally any price.

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This reminds me of agile.

Look at the short term, do what you need to achieve those objectives. Oh, the long term matters now. Ooops, I'll add get some "20-years experience guys" to the next sprint.

Presumably there are people with industry experience, just not experience in your particular company, and they would easily integrate (there are of course exceptions). It then again becomes a matter of how much are you willing to pay to attract them. Additionally, you could pay extra for a substandard 30 year experience person or an excellent 10-15 year person to fill those gaps. This is supply and demand.

Based on some of the other commenters, depending on the industry there may NOT be people with industry experience because of the layoffs and hiring ramps of the 80s and 90s at certain types of companies, people in the middle never gained the 20 years of experience in that field

Exactly, I'm the rare 45 YO in sea of 20 and 60 YO, and those two groups do not get along.

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