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I watched a talk by Bob Martin in which he claimed that the number software engineers in the world doubles every 5 years. For a huge majority of those new engin
by baron816 9y ago
I watched a talk by Bob Martin in which he claimed that the number software engineers in the world doubles every 5 years. For a huge majority of those new engineers, it's their first careers. Thus, almost half of the world's software engineers should be between the ages of 22-27. So, tech companies are dominated by the young not because they hate old people, but because there are so many young people with technical skills and that number is growing rapidly.
- jordanb 9y agoI'd like to see his data on that. I find it difficult to believe that there are twice as many programmers now than there were in 2012. At least, not in the United States.
- throwanem 9y agoDoesn't he claim a lot of things? I mind me of his "unit tests and self-discipline are all you ever need" philosophy toward software reliability, as recently discussed here on HN.
- nhebb 9y agothrowanem and jordanb: The growth rate numbers are from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.