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I'm not so confident that's true. There's seemingly this prevailing attitude in IT that new is always better. The latest gadgets, the latest complicated tech st
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y ago
I'm not so confident that's true. There's seemingly this prevailing attitude in IT that new is always better. The latest gadgets, the latest complicated tech stacks, and the latest languages. Rewrite everything again so it's all fresh and free of 'legacy cruft'. Don't fix bugs, prioritize slapping a new "modern" GUI on it so people don't think it's old. Why wouldn't that same mentality apply to people?
- comeonseriously 5y ago> There's seemingly this prevailing attitude in IT that new is always better. See this all the time on HN. Something hasn't had a PR in 2 months, must be dead! That uses React, why not switch to Vue!? Blah, blah.
- jmfldn 5y agoTrue, but it might not be a zero-sum argument. I think the point I'm making might not explain ageism in it's entirity but I feel it's a factor. Time will tell I guess.
- cbm-vic-20 5y agoEven here on HN we see plenty of articles that are "Like X, but written in Go!", which seems to have been replaced with "Like X, but written in Rust!".