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That seems insanely young. I'm in my mid-40s and don't feel like I have enough life experience to run a neighborhood, much less a country.

tyingq 7y ago
Aside from experience, there's also the notion of a change in demeanor, to something more pragmatic and measured, that happens later in life. I don't know if there's credible research that confirms it, but it seems true...of course with notable exceptions.
- mmsimanga 7y ago
  In my forties there many things I know now. How to pick fights, how to see danger signs of projects (too many dependencies, too many teams involved, unclear goals), how to keep things simple, how to speak to developers and managers.
ptah 7y ago
your lack of confidence is actually a positive indicator if you take into account the inverse of dunning-kruger
swagonomixxx 7y ago
Agreed. For a long time I had thought the age requirement for being president in the US was kind of dumb - why don't we just get the right person for the job, no matter the age? But as I've grown older I realized what you have - it's extremely difficult to run anything, and I would prefer leaders that have been in extremely high, laborious, and difficult leadership positions before over those who are outlier-level young (such as Mrs. Marin). But then again I'm basing this judgement purely on age and not on many other factors so this is a very shallow analysis.
rankingreborn 7y ago
Is it really about life experiences or ability to connect with the people they are representing? Women are better at this as their maternal ability helps them connect with kids at a level which men simply fail to. So a woman aged 35 much be better than a man aged 50 at this. It's not a suprise. For long time, women have successfully run families. They served as unpaid, unacknowledged head of families and successful taken care of house expenses and kids.
notkaiho 7y ago
She does have a Masters degree in political administration and experience at various levels of government. It's not like she's come in from the cold.
bhaak 7y ago
What life experience would qualify you to do this? Having a person lead a country that will have to live for a longer time with their decisions doesn't strike me as bad. Through the history, there were lots of young leaders and I don't think that age had much to with how successful they were.
hrktb 7y ago
On some level it could help getting another approach to governing a country. 60~70 yo people also don’t have nearly enough knowledge and/or wisdom to operate at that scale, and if we’re speaking about impacting the lives of millions of people the difference between 34 and 70 is marginal I think. It should all come down to the system they operate in and how they use it, at the end of the day.
fortran77 7y ago
In the United States, the minimum age was set to prevent "dynasties." Which means that today, they may have set the age even older, because of extended lifetimes.

tyingq 7y ago

Aside from experience, there's also the notion of a change in demeanor, to something more pragmatic and measured, that happens later in life. I don't know if there's credible research that confirms it, but it seems true...of course with notable exceptions.

mmsimanga 7y ago
In my forties there many things I know now. How to pick fights, how to see danger signs of projects (too many dependencies, too many teams involved, unclear goals), how to keep things simple, how to speak to developers and managers.

ptah 7y ago

your lack of confidence is actually a positive indicator if you take into account the inverse of dunning-kruger

swagonomixxx 7y ago

Agreed. For a long time I had thought the age requirement for being president in the US was kind of dumb - why don't we just get the right person for the job, no matter the age? But as I've grown older I realized what you have - it's extremely difficult to run anything, and I would prefer leaders that have been in extremely high, laborious, and difficult leadership positions before over those who are outlier-level young (such as Mrs. Marin). But then again I'm basing this judgement purely on age and not on many other factors so this is a very shallow analysis.

rankingreborn 7y ago

Is it really about life experiences or ability to connect with the people they are representing? Women are better at this as their maternal ability helps them connect with kids at a level which men simply fail to. So a woman aged 35 much be better than a man aged 50 at this. It's not a suprise. For long time, women have successfully run families. They served as unpaid, unacknowledged head of families and successful taken care of house expenses and kids.

notkaiho 7y ago

She does have a Masters degree in political administration and experience at various levels of government. It's not like she's come in from the cold.

bhaak 7y ago

What life experience would qualify you to do this? Having a person lead a country that will have to live for a longer time with their decisions doesn't strike me as bad. Through the history, there were lots of young leaders and I don't think that age had much to with how successful they were.

hrktb 7y ago

On some level it could help getting another approach to governing a country. 60~70 yo people also don’t have nearly enough knowledge and/or wisdom to operate at that scale, and if we’re speaking about impacting the lives of millions of people the difference between 34 and 70 is marginal I think. It should all come down to the system they operate in and how they use it, at the end of the day.

fortran77 7y ago

In the United States, the minimum age was set to prevent "dynasties." Which means that today, they may have set the age even older, because of extended lifetimes.