3 ms·
I get that the author is being pragmatic, but that people even have to put up with this level of ageism is ridiculous. > Considerable accusatory ink has been d
by fenwick67 9y ago
I get that the author is being pragmatic, but that people even have to put up with this level of ageism is ridiculous.
> Considerable accusatory ink has been dedicated to the age discrimination problem in technology, but I suspect it may be an inevitable consequence of the rapid pace of change that defines this field.
Interesting that this doesn't apply to medicine, education, mechanical or electrical engineering, all of which change very quickly and have a broad knowledge set, but somehow it applies to computer programming.
- brixon 9y agoProgramming has a very low barrier to entry compared to those other careers. If you are bright enough and determined then you do not need a formal education to do well in SW development.
- commandlinefan 9y ago> medicine, education, mechanical or electrical engineering Those fields all employ some pretty significant protectionism to keep the applicant pool thin.
- AnimalMuppet 9y agoWell, in medicine, I recall recently hearing that you wanted younger doctors (more recently in med school) to do a certain surgery, because they were better trained on new techniques that significantly improved patient outcomes. So, yeah, it can happen in other fields, it's just much more rare...