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not sure what exactly you are implying, but in my limited experience, I'd take the 50 year old over the 25 yr old in a heartbeat. you say all else equal. thats
by djKianoosh 11y ago
not sure what exactly you are implying, but in my limited experience, I'd take the 50 year old over the 25 yr old in a heartbeat. you say all else equal. thats a dream world. the 50 yr old will have, very likely, a vast range of valuable life experiences (unless theyve been living in a proverbial cave all their life).. and yeah im 37 and i lead a team with a variety of ages. age is not an important factor, like at all. enthusiasm and genuine-ness is.
- shiraabel 11y agoYou're the minority.
- jpmec 11y agoalso 37 which is youth-speak for "old", their opinion doesn't matter anymore :-(
- enraged_camel 11y ago>>the 50 yr old will have, very likely, a vast range of valuable life experiences And therefore be a lot less likely to recognize and take seriously the authority of a 25-year-old manager. In fact, in their mind they will probably think they should be the manager. I've seen it happen and it wasn't pretty.
- dugmartin 11y agoAs a 44 year old programmer myself I wouldn't say a 25-year old manager would be the problem but rather dealing with a manager with maybe 3 years of real experience. Good managers, like good programmers, are a mix of ability and experience and many inexperienced managers haven't taken the lesson from _Space Camp_ to heart: being boss and being bossy aren't the same.