[learc83]

>Statistically the median age in the games industry is 25 and always has been.

Where are you getting this information from? The only hard data I can find is from self selected survey responses, but this survey from IGDA shows only 10% of employed game developers are under 25 [1]. My guess is that (as you've acknowledged is possible) there's some serious selection bias going on. You said you have an interest in burn out rate, so I'm guessing you're more likely to follow/notice game devs who discuss this topic. This group is more likely to be suffering from burn out I'd wager.

Another poster already mentioned that engine devs (the one's writing most of the C++) tend to be older than the industry average.

1. https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/igda-website/wp-content/u...