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Robert C. Martin sometimes shares an observation in his talks - it's not that the industry is trying to avoid old programmers, it's just that they are orders of
by lubonay 10y ago
Robert C. Martin sometimes shares an observation in his talks - it's not that the industry is trying to avoid old programmers, it's just that they are orders of magnitude rarer than the young ones due to the exponential dev population growth.
- jacalata 10y agoFor that to be a complete explanation, you need to ignore or flat out disbelieve everyone who talks about having a harder time getting a job once they seem old.
- nullc 10y agoYou and the BLS stats person up thread appear to be providing contradictory arguments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12504089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12504089
- gaius 10y agoBut by law of supply and demand, if the industry valued experience, older engineers should be in high demand, no?