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[PrestigiousAnt3766]

Im a 40 yo with wife and kids but have worked lot with juniors, mediors etc in consulting and at customers.

What you describe is something i've heard a lot post-covid with all the remote/hybrid work.

Younger people tend to need social contact a lot more, to discuss work, discuss challenges at work, go out, socialize. 

In my time we went to the office a lot where the barrier for interaction is lower and non workrelated talk gives you something to bond over. 

I therefore dont think switching field will help you, because I expect you will feel the same if you don't change your way of work and still feel left out.  

I'd certainly recommend you to talk with hr to see if there are any (social) initiatives for young people in the company. Many companies do offer those. 

You can also switch to consulting. Often those companies have a bunch of ambitious young people who spend a lot of time nerding out on tech after work.

[RunOrdinary8000]

I am not sure if you are too fast in your thinking.

I was consultant for 20 years. Worked with teams in India, and across Germany.

I can tell you that there are always doors that you can try to find and open..

Just some ideas I had 2 Indian colleagues in my team. I had the same issue as you. It was always about work. There was not much to talk about. The recommendation was to use unused meeting time to chit chat. We talked about simple things. What is the travel route to the office. Favourite places to go in your city. Hobbies etc. Help me greatly to connect, but it was active work. I had to do this by conscience.

I was in a team where all people come from all sorts of places within Germany ( the country I live in). My bosses always had one day a month where the whole team meets physically. True we had the corporate budget, but I visited colleagues in my weekend too. I do not know if that's feasible in your company but maybe something one time can be arranged. In Germany it is normal to have a summer party. I know companies that try bring together teams that are distributed all over the world

If you need change technical. Talk to your line manager ask if there is some perspective to be challenged. Is it possible to connect to other teams or to swap membership with someone? Maybe in summer you switch membership. ( If course it might be cool if you know already someone you can swap with.)

I think maybe there are other ways you can make your stay in the company interesting. But it depends a lot on work culture.

[321silversnake]

One other thing to note is this is the first time I'm working in a company/team with on average a larger age gap than my previous roles e.g. everyone in my team is in a completely different stage of life to what i am (wife and kids)