After many years of trying, I finally convinced my wife to learn Ruby and Javascript a couple of years ago (we're both almost 50). She complained about many of

After many years of trying, I finally convinced my wife to learn Ruby and Javascript a couple of years ago (we're both almost 50). She complained about many of the same negatives that the author mentions in his article (which is why it took so long to convince her to try), so I think he's on point with his internal criticisms. I think he's also on point with his rebuttals. In my wife's case, a large tech company hired her as a junior developer, and she's been doing great. In an industry where it is fairly common for employees to leave after two or three years (if not sooner), I don't think any employer is overly concerned that they'll only get a handful of years out of an employee. They'll most likely get less than that out of a 20-year-old.