Oh, original. "Kids these days". Look around you, the "millenials" you are ridiculing are taking the tech world by storm, graduating at record rates with more advanced degrees than ever.
Who do you think you are debating with on HN? I would guess the average user here is under 30 and making twice your inflation-adjusted salary at 35.
Doubtful. Most millennials are graduating with unserviceable levels of debt, working jobs that pay wages that barely keep up with inflation.
For the small minority in the tech industry, the situation is much brighter, as long as the VC money keeps flowing. Those older have seen what happens when the music stops and not everyone has a seat.
I hope you have a sufficient emergency fund and something besides $tech_flavor_of_the_week under your belt. Enterprises that provide safe havens during tech bust periods hire a bit differently than tech startups.
I don't care if he went to Stanford. I went to Caltech. I didn't have the first clue when I was 24.