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most programmer will stop at age 35 and become management level.kinda wastefull because experince can speed up deployment and debugging.
by alien3d 13y ago
most programmer will stop at age 35 and become management level.kinda wastefull because experince can speed up deployment and debugging.
- hessenwolf 13y agoOkay, I hit 35 on June 2nd, and become a 'Risk Manager' on June 1st. Why? Because I realise that, in corporate life, technical skills are a serious roadblock to a career. (Okay, I'm drafting a business plan on the side for a consultancy. I am hoping the non-programming job will allow me capacity to work outside my liberal flexitime hours. All advice welcome)
- toolslive 13y ago"technical skills are a serious roadblock to a career". You've discovered Putt's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt%27s_Law_and_the_Successful_Technocrat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt%27s_Law_and_the_Successful...
- taude 13y agoSoftware engineers shouldn't undervalue having vertical business domain knowledge.
- ams6110 13y agoBeware of the "Peter Principle" though (people rise to their level of incompetence).
- SideburnsOfDoom 13y ago> most programmers will stop at age 35 and become management level. That's not going to happen to "most" anything. There are always fewer spaces at the next level up the pyramid. Usually drastically so. What's the "programmer" to "manager" ratio where you are?
- taude 13y agoA common misconception here is that we all get to be CTO someday.
- pekk 13y agoWell if you don't, then you weren't an "A" player. And who cares about you then?
- goalieca 13y agoEspecially with inverted demographics hurting anyone under 30.
- codygman 13y agoMost of the CTO's I know quit from somewhere to become the CTO at their current place of employment. I don't recall meeting anyone who "moved up through the ranks", but perhaps I'm not fully informed or can't recall those instances.
- taude 13y agoI'm not even talking about "moving up" to become CTO or some other exec. I'm talking about just getting into that game.
- orkoden 13y agoNot to mention that lots of programmers make bad managers.