> How about older talent?

Just guessing: older talent is less willing to work overtime and weekends, because they have a family waiting for them at home?

I used to think this, but now that I'm older and don't have kids waiting at home, I don't think it's the real reason. Older talent is simply harder to bullshit. Older talent also tends to have a bit of savings, so they are harder to push around.

I think we are misunderstanding. I never implied you don't need both. I just implied that you will most likely not have the latter. You need both, obviously.

Why is it obvious that you need both? Plenty of companies seem to be ageist and surviving well