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The only reason it's skewed towards young people is because software is a VERY young industry! People who did not grow up with software just have less experienc
by maxklein 16y ago
The only reason it's skewed towards young people is because software is a VERY young industry! People who did not grow up with software just have less experience with software and are less likely to start successful companies around it.
In a hundred years the market will normalise to whatever the normal age for business owners is.
We've gone through periods of rapid change recently, and older entrepreneurs are just less familiar with the workings of the new stuff to be able to successfully compete. That will change as the current generations grow.
- dreamux 16y agoAlso, people become far more risk-averse as their careers progress. This is particularly true in high-paying jobs like software development; its hard to walk away from $100k+ job to start your own project, especially with a wife and kids depending on you. The younger you are the more risks you can take. Also, as you said, software evolves quickly. So its completely reasonable for a 25 year old to have mastery of a new and exploitable technology... makes for an interesting entrepreneurial dynamic.