I 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 manag

I 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...