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What do you think happens to them? Do they leave for other industries or are you working for a "young and hip" startup company that tends not to employ older pe

by hoodoof 10y ago

What do you think happens to them? Do they leave for other industries or are you working for a "young and hip" startup company that tends not to employ older people?

samfisher83 10y ago
No don't work for a hip company. Its a pretty big corporate company. Actually there are some older developer just not very many. I don't really know where they go. They get laid off. It seems me like CS is one of the profession where experience isn't as valued as other industries like business or medicine. I basically built my company 8 million dollars worth of product, but I don't really feel appreciated, but I really don't want to go through the whole white board exercise which I have already done enough of.
- eb0la 10y ago
  It depends on several factors like country, sector, and who you work. But as you grow older you are forced to either become a manager or sales person. I guess the question is not about age, but wages. In your 20s you still don't know how much money you'll need for a living. When you realize how much you need, you buy a house/car/whatever else expensive enought not to be paid upfront, then unexpectedly have family, then kids and you know you need money. Much more than you get from a technical position. BTW, remember for the business you are an expense, something they need to build the product, but eventually all technical stuff can be bought or outsourced.
  - samfisher83 10y ago
    They did try outsourcing to Infosys. They had so many issues they decided to bring it back in. In fact they ran out Infosys a few years ago. The thing with infosys they just go hire a bunch of people to fill their numbers. Some of those guys aren't really CS guys. A lot of them do it so they can get a good high paying job and it gives them a way out of India. We hired some of their good talent.
brianwawok 10y ago
They never existed to begin with in a lot of cases! Programming was a very niche job until the last 20-30 years. So obviously we would see less old people working in programming compared to a job that has been more stable over time (say Lawyers or Doctors).

by hoodoof 10y ago

What do you think happens to them? Do they leave for other industries or are you working for a "young and hip" startup company that tends not to employ older people?

samfisher83 10y ago

No don't work for a hip company. Its a pretty big corporate company. Actually there are some older developer just not very many. I don't really know where they go. They get laid off. It seems me like CS is one of the profession where experience isn't as valued as other industries like business or medicine. I basically built my company 8 million dollars worth of product, but I don't really feel appreciated, but I really don't want to go through the whole white board exercise which I have already done enough of.

eb0la 10y ago
It depends on several factors like country, sector, and who you work. But as you grow older you are forced to either become a manager or sales person. I guess the question is not about age, but wages. In your 20s you still don't know how much money you'll need for a living. When you realize how much you need, you buy a house/car/whatever else expensive enought not to be paid upfront, then unexpectedly have family, then kids and you know you need money. Much more than you get from a technical position. BTW, remember for the business you are an expense, something they need to build the product, but eventually all technical stuff can be bought or outsourced.
- samfisher83 10y ago
  They did try outsourcing to Infosys. They had so many issues they decided to bring it back in. In fact they ran out Infosys a few years ago. The thing with infosys they just go hire a bunch of people to fill their numbers. Some of those guys aren't really CS guys. A lot of them do it so they can get a good high paying job and it gives them a way out of India. We hired some of their good talent.

brianwawok 10y ago

They never existed to begin with in a lot of cases! Programming was a very niche job until the last 20-30 years. So obviously we would see less old people working in programming compared to a job that has been more stable over time (say Lawyers or Doctors).