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> Technologies change, syntax evolves, semantics improve, but your deep understanding of how to ask just the right question of a business person that turns a ma
by terrywilcox 11y ago
> Technologies change, syntax evolves, semantics improve, but your deep understanding of how to ask just the right question of a business person that turns a mathematically unsolvable problem, into something you can build in three days. That is always going to stay relevant.
I used to think like you.
But I'm 51 now. I've discovered that I was wrong.
The younger the technical interviewer, the less interested they are in my experience. I'm guessing that the less experience they have, the less value they see in experience. I suspect I was the same way 25 years ago.
I now understand why good developers go on to be lousy managers. They get old and get pushed out of development. Mid-level management is all that's available to them.
Fortunately I still have a job in an older development group. I still have some value, for now.
- kamaal 11y ago>>But I'm 51 now. I've discovered that I was wrong. When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. - Oscar Wilde I've seen clear bias in our industry. Though I'm in my 30's. I've seen people in my age group clearly discriminate against older programmers. Save, invest, prepare for your retirement and be safe instead of betting your life on a unforgiving younger generation.
- NotSammyHagar 11y agoI have to believe this depends on your experience, ability to learn, and location. I'm in seattle and my office is full of 40-60 year olds (with tons of younger people) working on demanding technical work. It's not php programming, it. It's software engineering. Learn to be an engineer and you shouldnot have a problem.