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I feel bad for people who believe that age beats talent.
by MisterBastahrd 5y ago
I feel bad for people who believe that age beats talent.
- imwillofficial 5y agoGP did not say this.
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoI didn't reply to GP, did I?
- imwillofficial 5y agoMy GP.
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoIt's literally in the second line.
- WJW 5y agoAge doesn't beat talent but experience can. Not only that, but you can be experienced and still have all the talent you had when you were young. There is a big tendency for young, talented devs to assume they are the smartest person and/or the best coder in the room because up until now they've always been (even in college), but at some point in their progression that stops being true. I'll even go so far as to suggest that if you are still the best coder in the room you should probably go out and find a better room.
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoThere is a correlation between experience and talent. That's my point. Everyone crying about being unemployable as an engineer over 40 is fooling themselves. 90% of the software dev jobs out there are not at FAANG companies, and at the end of the day, clients and corporations care about getting shit done. The guy with the 20 year track record beats the fresh graduate the vast majority of the time.
- hamburglar 5y agoFAANG companies hire old people too. I’m nearly 50 and have 30 years experience in the industry and feel quite well valued at my large cloud factory. The opportunities for learning never stop and my decades of stepping in shit in various ways is seen as a thick callused hide of wisdom. :D
- animalgonzales 5y agoplease do an AMA, your career advice would be super helpful
- hamburglar 5y agoHaha I can’t tell if this is sarcasm but I definitely don’t think I’m AMA-worthy.