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I have recently been in the position to hire some older coders and, This article needs this grain of salt. There are a lot of older coders who can't code which
by dkhenry 14y ago
I have recently been in the position to hire some older coders and, This article needs this grain of salt. There are a lot of older coders who can't code which masks some of the real great programmers out there. The other problem is once someone gets established as a cornerstone of an organisation they aren't normally let go. There is too much intellectual knowledge ties up in the individual. So what you see on the market is older programmers who couldn't cut it at their employer and then eventually got let go . That's why you see so many people passing on them.
- trimbo 14y ago> There are a lot of older coders who can't code My experience is that there are a lot of "coders" of all ages who can't code.
- huggyface 14y agoIsn't what you described true of the entire job candidate market? Naturally the ones applying will be dominated by the unemployed, the let go, and the ones that haven't been picked up. This is true at all ages.
- jleader 14y ago"There are a lot of older coders who can't code" Sturgeon's Law applies to coders of all ages. That, combined with the facts that coders vary very widely in their productivity, and it's hard to reliably measure a coder's productivity quickly, are the fundamental challenges of hiring coders.