[ricardo81]

I'll be a bit adversarial in my own observation (as a 42 year old)

In my older experiences, people who'd climbed a mountain's worth of knowledge would be recognised. Nowadays, we tend to witness people climbing the mountain because the information is so freely available, and tbf, eminently marketable.

Tell me about it when you've reached the top.

There's plenty of us putting in the effort one way or another.