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> Not sure that many companies, these days, are actually interested in older, more experienced, developers. I’m beginning to appreciate the value of cohorts as
by travisgriggs 5y ago
> Not sure that many companies, these days, are actually interested in older, more experienced, developers.
I’m beginning to appreciate the value of cohorts as I age. I work in a ver successful triad, ages 51, 58, 61. We recently tried to integrate a young-30s in our group. It did not go well. They recently moved from our team and are working elsewhere with a group of people closer to same skill, aptitudes, and age. Both they and we are much happier this way. It’s a small sample set obviously. I value a diverse world where we tolerate and learn from each other. But years of working experience have made me wonder if we shouldn’t just let age/skill cohorts naturally work together.
- harrydehal 5y agoThrowing in my own anecdotal example and tiny sample size: many years ago I was part of a trio of 20s, 40s, and 60s front-end devs – all rare and elusive Bay Area natives who grew up in very different part of SV history with very different backgrounds. On first glance, we really should not have worked well together. But the group clicked because it shared a value system (be it for writing clean code, good documentation, user experience, collaboration, etc.). And it was two introverts and one extrovert, to boot!