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To clarify, I quoted his age because it means he can easily recover from this mistake (he's still young), not because I think a person's age should have any imp
by abstractbill 18y ago
To clarify, I quoted his age because it means he can easily recover from this mistake (he's still young), not because I think a person's age should have any impact on how much they're paid.
Apparently you believe age should have an impact on how much you get paid. Can you elaborate?
- netcan 18y agoApparently you believe age should have an impact on how much you get paid. Can you elaborate? Well the reality is that it often does. Anyway, it's indicative of experience.
- abstractbill 18y agoAnyway, it's indicative of experience. Occasionally. Less so for developers than for other careers.
- webwright 18y agoSure... In almost every single hiring situation, years of experience has a big effect on compensation. Age oftentimes correlates with years of experience. And years of experience correlates with value. As you say, not as much in coding as in other areas- but it still does. Exceptions abound, of course. There are plenty of well-paid morons with decades of experience and lots of young rockstars. But ask any programmer on the planet whether they got paid more or less 5 years ago (adjusted for inflation) and the majority will say "less".
- gommm 18y agoI'm 25, and compared to when I was 22, I'm a much better programmer than I was... So yes experience does have an impact on salary... and age can be an indication of how much experience you've had... (of course one still need to make the distinction between 3 years of doing exactly the same thing and 3 years of learning and discovering new techniques)