[throwaway2245]

Boomers often have a major advantage in democratised situations, simply because there are more of them.

As such, it's still in your own interest to join a union and be represented. And, with Boomers retiring, this power imbalance in unions can be lessened or reversed.

[PragmaticPulp]

In tech, there are more people with degrees than old people. It’s basic math of an expanding industry.

It’s definitely not the case that there are more “boomer” software engineers than younger engineers. One look at charts of CS degrees issued by year will clearly show why.

[missedthecue]

There are not more boomers than other demographics. Why would you say this?

[thatfunkymunki]

There are more boomers in power than other demographics

[throwaway2245]

Why do you think they are called "boomers"? There was a population boom.

[missedthecue]

That's great, but the millennial generation had more births, and given all the deaths that the boomer gen has had since 1946, millennials are a much larger block at this point.