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I interviewed at a YC startup recently and the founder was making ageist jokes to me because I was older than 25. Tech is literally insane regarding age. The as
by Uptrenda 4y ago
I interviewed at a YC startup recently and the founder was making ageist jokes to me because I was older than 25. Tech is literally insane regarding age. The assumption seems to be that once you get a single grey hair you can't use a computer any more? But I can tell you when I was writing code at like 18 or 20 everything I did was unsalvageable garbage.
It actually amazes me how much goes into writing quality code that is usable in production. I would be very surprised if any junior engineers could do it without messing up a bunch of stuff (which I certainly wouldn't fault them for as they're still learning!) You would need a good mentor if you wanted to avoid that I guess.
- tibbydudeza 4y agoIt is kind of odd considering how many of the technologies the modern world we still use were invented in the 70's by the proverbial grey beards. I blame Silicon Valley VC's for this attitude - if you have not invented Facebook by the age of 18 then you are done for.
- eastbound 4y agoNow that I get old, I notice… …that all this supposedly stable production code with tests and architecture is useless. because you throw away the stack entirely after 5-8 years, because the API has changed, because the tech is not fashionable, because the new SOC/PCI/Bale regulation mandates things that only exist in AWS. Just hack the minimum together, speed of execution >> durability of the stack.