Maybe you should practice what you preach. I&#x27;m 34 now and I&#x27;d side with the OP on this.<p>I did a similar thing on my first job: took their web app codebase and totally remade it in the first couple of months, with demonstrable gains on efficiency (Mind it: it was the first web application made by some guys whose previous experience was in Sybase PowerBuilder). I was given a raise the same week I demoed it to my bosses.<p>I still do programming and I&#x27;m still being humbled frequently by the awesome things some of my younger coworkers code effortlessly.<p>I also share with OP the impression that 8 hours coding as a daily thing is totally overkill. That&#x27;s suited for factory work where every minute you&#x27;re not cranking out stuff means losses.<p>My &#x27;sweet spot&#x27; for coding seems to top at 4 hours, a few hours resting and then maybe another couple hours at the end of the day if I feel like I found a better way to do it.<p>Fortunately I have flexible hours where I work, but I&#x27;m still suppossed to put in 8h every day. The result is: when things go well, I complete my tasks and are left with at least 3 hours a day where I&#x27;m supposed to be working (so: no relax, no rest, you&#x27;re on the clock); and when things are not going so well, mostly due to planning mistakes from high up, I have to put in my 8 hours, and then some more.<p>So please, go tell to be more open-minded to the right people, and let people work to the best of their abilities.