[waitasec]

No need to generalize, or assume.

> I’d already had a successful career as a software engineer for the better part of a decade.

OP's resume suggests they've been a professional engineer for over a decade.

I agree with your points about perfectionism and idealism, but they are not isolated to Gen Z.

[phyrex]

"Better part of a decade" means "more than half a decade", so definitely not a decade yet