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What kind of place has 70 year old technologists sitting around doing nothing?
by bagels 4y ago
What kind of place has 70 year old technologists sitting around doing nothing?
- ido 4y agoIBM? Oracle? SAP? BTW did you know the above are the number 2, 3 & 4 largest software companies in the world respectively[0]? Also I suspect "doing nothing" is a bit of an exaggeration and/or OP isn't 100% privy to what these people actually do. It's probably a relaxed pace but not literally "nothing" & their experience and knowledge still make that valuable for the company. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_software_companies#Forbes_Global_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_software_c...
- yeuxardents 4y agoUniversities. Politics, knowing where bodies are buried and entrenched bureaucracy can be just as much "tenure" but for staff. It can be pretty bad, and often is.