> feeling they need to prove themselves

To be fair, if you've only had the one boss, 100% of your bosses feel the way your current boss does. There literally aren't any other examples in your work history that you can use to prove (to yourself or to others) that your boss is unreasonable or incompetent.

I also think undergraduate programs could do a better job preparing students for this sort of problem. You don't learn except through experience or maybe good mentoring that chronic crunch-time-to-meet-deadlines is a management failure, not a sign of developer incompetence.

But, yeah, I agree that bosses exploit young employees.

Young employees exploit themselves. A bad boss could make it worse but there doesn't need to be one at all.

It might be some who is so young might feel uncomfortable managing some who is older and more experienced. The lack of confidence and self esteem might throw a monkey-wrench in what could be an effective relationship.