> 7) Hire young blood. A research staff’s average age must not increase even one year per annum. In a high-tech lab, a nice average is under 35.
Oh man, that needs some updating.
which way are you thinking? down or up?
I'd have to take the average up a couple of years. ~40 probably. There exponential growth of information, processes and technology makes it hard for someone to gain the blanket knowledge by their early thirties that would enable them to be the person they could've been twenty or thirty years ago.