> Would you say that someone who has been coding embedded systems for 30 years in assembly and minimalist C is a bad programmer just because they've never done

> Would you say that someone who has been coding embedded systems for 30 years in assembly and minimalist C is a bad programmer just because they've never done OO? If all that's been doing for 30 years, then probably, yeah. They might be good at their job, but an overall good programmer? Maybe they were great 30 years ago, but if they haven't raised their head to look around at the evolution in the industry and kept up with newer trends and developments, the level of skill atrophy would be quite large.