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> If you're a skilled professional in a coastal metropolis globalization is great...

Might want to modify that to a 'skilled professional under 35'. The H1B, offshoring, and the race to the bottom with younger and foreign workers is something that you'll think you won't have to worry about for a while.

And then you get older. With a family, kids, mortgage - a life full of things that leave little room for the next JS package manager or version of Angular.

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I am older, have family and mortgage, time and financial pressures. But I still get excited about new developments in my trade as a primarily front-end dev, including package managers and frameworks. And the experience, capabilities and track record of success that I bring to the table act as a differentiator between me and my younger colleagues.

Not to discount your point, just to say there's more than one way to look at it. For some, they reach a point in their lives / careers where constant change is wearisome. Others continue to adapt and thrive. I have no idea what underlying factors would cause this.

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