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With the recent agism article, I get the impression that most of the Facebook employees would think Carmack is to old for their "culture".
by devNoise 13y ago
With the recent agism article, I get the impression that most of the Facebook employees would think Carmack is to old for their "culture".
- ArcticCelt 13y agoNot enough of a brogrammer for their standards.
- nuclear_eclipse 13y agoAs an engineer at Facebook, I will say that couldn't be further from the truth. Every reaction I've seen has been overwhelmingly positive, full of amazement and excitement at the chance to meet or work with one of our greatest idols.
- mikeash 13y agoCome now, your facts clearly have no place in this discussion.
- bernardom 13y agoIs there some sort of HN comment guideline that dissuades this sort of garbage?
- yeukhon 13y ago43 isn't too old. Will you ever say Python creator Guido van Rossum (who is 58 right now) is too old? Figures like them never get old. But will the younger engineers feel pressure when they are talking to someone far more experience far more well known? Certainly.