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I've seen several articles over the years which suggest a programming career is shorter than the average career; let alone experiencing agism myself. I can't re

• ergothus 8y ago
  Interesting. I'm certainly not disputing the agism of the industry, but having fewer prospects is not equal to being forced out and I remain skeptical of the "shorter career" - then again, I believe women are discriminated against in both hiring and opportunities, so I can't think the same of age and expect different outcomes. The StackOverflow survey is likely not a great data source, but it's a data source. Also, one must track for a growing industry - if we have notably more developers now than 20 years ago, of COURSE they will be younger (and drag down the average age). The data has lots of issues, but I'm forced to conclude that....yeah, agism likely reduces the average length of careers in coding.
  • tabtab 8y ago
    The industry has been good for coders and IT in general for the last decade or so, but if the past tells me anything, it may not last. For example, our Web "standards" are poor for many things they are being used for. The HTML browser has been over-stretched. If better or more industry-specific standards appear, then less IT labor could be needed to create and manage a good many systems and apps, putting a lot of IT workers on the street.