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This doesn't sound right.

A 30 year old engineer with 6 years of industry experience should know what XML is.

This isn't a generational gap. I would argue that in a large sample of other 30 year old engineers with 6 years of experience that most of them would know what XML is.

Something else is at play here.

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45 years old here with a Computer Science degree. I've mostly avoided having to deal with XML, thankfully. Despite having to deal with it on occasion, I'd say I barely know about it.

He's just one of today's lucky 10,000.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

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