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You're right - my comment was sloppy! Still, given "20+ years of experience" represents all programmers of ages, say, 45-65 - or two decades worth of CS gradua
by novocaine 6y ago
You're right - my comment was sloppy!
Still, given "20+ years of experience" represents all programmers of ages, say, 45-65 - or two decades worth of CS graduates - I feel that cohort far exceeds the market for principals? If you think it is smaller, maybe that's because everyone who wasn't in the top n% had to leave?
Although other commenters have pointed out that the growth of the industry counters that, that won't last forever!
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI thought it was an interesting question and found this page[1] . It is a survey of 50k devs on Stack overflow. 3.8% percent of those surveyed were over 50. Cenensus data here[1] gives ~20% over 50 https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/2-out-of-3-developers-are-self-taught-and-other-insights-from-stack-overflow-s-2016-survey-of-50-8cf0ee5d4c21/ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/2-out-of-3-developers-are-... https://datausa.io/profile/soc/15113X/#about https://datausa.io/profile/soc/15113X/#about