I have found that working with older engineers has made me a significantly better developer. For example, it's really easy for new devs to become caught up in the latest libraries, even if they replicate functionality that's been in the OS you're (or whatever) using forever.
I was guilty of this with databases when we had the NoSQL fad; why was I giving up ACID compliance? "Because we're entering a new generation of database design, also, what's ACID?"
Shameless plug: at Aha! we have pretty decent age diversity on our engineering team (and in the rest of the company). If you want to work with us, check out http://aha.io/jobs
I was guilty of this with databases when we had the NoSQL fad; why was I giving up ACID compliance? "Because we're entering a new generation of database design, also, what's ACID?"
Shameless plug: at Aha! we have pretty decent age diversity on our engineering team (and in the rest of the company). If you want to work with us, check out http://aha.io/jobs