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> It will take decades to fix if ever, and the fixed state won't be recognizable. It will fix itself. Software became popular with the rise of the Internet wh
by mattm 10y ago
> It will take decades to fix if ever, and the fixed state won't be recognizable.
It will fix itself. Software became popular with the rise of the Internet which didn't happen till the late 90's. If we assume people at that time were in their mid-late 20's, then they would be in their mid-late 40's now.
Basically, there just isn't that many 50+ developers out there. In another 10-20 years there will be a lot more and older programmers will be much more common and therefore won't be as out of place.
- beagle3 10y agoI worked with 30 year old programmers 25 years ago. I worked with 30 year old programmers 20 years ago. None of those guys are still coding. Some moved to management, some to consulting (as in, real consulting). None that I'm in touch with is still writing code. There aren't as many 50 year old developers as younger ones, but there are enough to see a pattern (and for things like the Google lawsuit age discrimination lawsuit[0] - we'll have to wait and see how that works out). Whether it will change when there are more 50 year old developers or not - my bet is that it won't. [0] http://www.computerworld.com/article/3090087/it-careers/google-age-discrimination-lawsuit-may-become-monster.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/3090087/it-careers/goog...