I have never had as much responsibility an operational control over my job, in both fiscal and mission terms, as I had between the ages of 19 and 23 while in the military.
As the old Apollo-generation engineers start to retire in the space industry, there _is_ fresh blood coming in, and even at larger companies, I've found young folks in top positions. It's just not widely advertised.
It's a blessing and a curse. Aging organizations retain lots of organizational knowledge but also tend to exhibit a lot of stagnation/complacency.
Quite a change from answering all these bloody mediaeval riddles
If you got a multi-Grammy winning composer to make your podcast theme you'd be extremely proud too.
Sure you do, typically in new industries, like internet companies today, or space in the 60s.
Eventually the unicorns will be manned by aging suits, and JavaScript will be the new Cobol, and the hip young things will think vowels in names are actually kinda cool.