i've also met a handful of twenty-something programmers who are equally exceptional. but as far as the long tail goes, the kids are much less resistant to new i

i've also met a handful of twenty-something programmers who are equally exceptional. but as far as the long tail goes, the kids are much less resistant to new ideas, new concepts (for example functional programming). i think it might be a generational difference, and i think it could shake up the software economy in the next decade I've had exactly the opposite experience. The young guys I come across are resistant to things like FP finally poking into some bits of the mainstream. The old guys are going "Yay! People are finally taking functional programming seriously!". I'm in my forties. I'm guessing you're in your twenties. I'm pretty sure both of our experiences are due much more to selection bias in who we know than any age differences in how developers approach problems and "new" technology.