(oldster here, mostly doing 'back end' type stuff) -- I think it's due to the fact that younger folk are usually more comfy with the GUI aspects of the latest tech. Me and my 40+ prog friends generally hate all the newest webby mobile stuff, we like email and IRC and text documents and command shells. We generally despise Twitter, FB, anything that enforces a 'modern' GUI experience on us.
Also, the back-end stuff tends to be a bit less sexy, but also less fault-tolerant. Management sees the front end; the back end is basically magic. So it makes sense that you have Gandalf back there with his beard and recumbent bike banging out magical koans to keep the database alive, while young bucks guard the front gate of the castle.
Also, the back-end stuff tends to be a bit less sexy, but also less fault-tolerant. Management sees the front end; the back end is basically magic. So it makes sense that you have Gandalf back there with his beard and recumbent bike banging out magical koans to keep the database alive, while young bucks guard the front gate of the castle.