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My company is LOADED with older devs. Our average dev age is probably close to 50. There is in fact a huge gap, only a handful of us under 30. At 27 I might sti
by zeku 6y ago
My company is LOADED with older devs. Our average dev age is probably close to 50. There is in fact a huge gap, only a handful of us under 30. At 27 I might still be the youngest developer in my 50 developer department.
- mhh__ 6y agoIs there any difference in productivity to a more stereotype younger workforce? I'm not good with people, so I doubt I'll ever be in a position to do so, but the ideal team composition to me needs a mixture of naive geniuses and people who've been around the block enough to know when to say KISS.
- zeku 6y agoI would say we're a very stable group. It's rare anyone is going to put in more than 45 hours a week, but at the same time stakeholders have extreme confidence that their projects will be done correctly. We're more of a steady churn than a burn out in a flash--which is the feeling I get from younger startup workers.
- eloff 6y agoI'm going to go out on a limb and say this is not web, app, or game development. What does your company do?
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- zeku 6y agoWe're in healthcare. We have web,app, and even game dev. Personally I work in Data Engineering/Machine Learning/Applied Stats space with some app dev work as well. I'm learning to wear a lot of hats as we segment into small groups and it effectively feels like a bunch of different startups in a "closed" economy of the company.
- eloff 6y agoSounds like a fascinating place to work. I feel the general rarity of gray beards in the industry denies me a different perspective and experience that I could learn from.