My experience of being the old guy in the team (older also than the manager) was that the young whippersnappers[0] drive new tech adoption regardless of the views of the old fart; the manager waves it through to keep the young-un's happy, and the old fart doesn't find out until it's a fait accompli.
My experience was also that the young manager was very suspicious of the old fart. I've never had any problem working for managers younger than me; but some young managers don't know what to make of a team member that knows more than they do.
[0] No insult intended; almost everything I learned after the first 10 years, I learned from people younger than me.
My experience was also that the young manager was very suspicious of the old fart. I've never had any problem working for managers younger than me; but some young managers don't know what to make of a team member that knows more than they do.
[0] No insult intended; almost everything I learned after the first 10 years, I learned from people younger than me.