Expectations make all the difference (Score 1)

Technology is just as complicated to the young as to the old, but the young are raised in the environment, while the old try to understand it in terms of things that they already understand. The young learn the technology on its own terms, but the old may be impeded by what has gone before. A great example of this is the computer mouse. In initial tests, older people were picking up the mouse, pointing it at the monitor and clicking on the buttons as though it were a remote control. They were simply going by what they already knew.

There's advantages to both perspectives. On the one hand, no one under the age of 35 has their VCR blinking "12:00" at them all the time. On the other hand, we develop streamlined UI's and develop good OO-centric code.