Old programmers, like the person who taught me, are very good to have in any team. They know something that all of us "youngsters" don't. - This has been do

Old programmers, like the person who taught me, are very good to have in any team. They know something that all of us "youngsters" don't. - This has been done before - [New technology] is a fad and will die out - Being "cleaver" isn't making something un-maintainable - Here are all the cases that you need to look out for. I've done this before - A replacement isn't an alternative and a replacement is feature complete When I get to the point where I start a company, I don't think that I'll ever form a team without at least one 40+ member. It's a waste of resources to do otherwise. Saves you a lot of time and energy of fixing mistakes when someone on your team can predict all of the mistakes you will be making.