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[quote=Anonymous]I am 52, the oldest of the Gen Xers.  In my office, I am one of the 3-4 oldest on my project at NASA (a robotic satellite servicing mission).  I am also the system administrator for the team.  Although I don't know much about the satellite hardware, when it comes to the computers, hardware and network, I am the resident authority.  I've been with NASA for 25 years and I am one of the more experienced IT people around here.  At NASA, there are very few people under 30 who have the experience to be senior staff.  All of the leading engineers, scientists, IT specialists (including network, system and infrastructure) are all north of 30, most of whom are north of 40.  Aerospace and IT here are very complicated and it takes experience to keep things straight, not just intelligence.  The younger IT folks are good with software development, programming, and basic engineering, but NASA values experience.  Frankly the majority of the people in technical fields were the cream of the crop when they were younger and all are bright including some truly brilliant people in their fields.  The experience makes a huge difference.
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