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I see a contradiction in this article: "After 50, the mean salary of engineers was lower—by 17% for those with bachelors degrees, and by 14% for those with mas
by SQL2219 11y ago
I see a contradiction in this article:
"After 50, the mean salary of engineers was lower—by 17% for those with bachelors degrees, and by 14% for those with masters degrees and PhDs—than the salary of those younger than 50."
If 50 year old programmers are cheaper, why are they being discriminated against?
see here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9689232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9689232
- jakeway 11y agoThats what this whole article is about. Older people usually have less ability to take a higher risk, due to family concerns, or other reasons. It is classic supply and demand. Younger programmers are more sought after, therefore demand higher pay.
- adevine 11y ago"If 50 year old programmers are cheaper, why are they being discriminated against?" There are lots of other ways to interpret this data. Looking at the graph, note that salaries are actually lower for 20 and 30 somethings that 50+. It's possible that a majority of really good software developers get out of programming by the time they are 50, meaning the overall quality (and salaries) for the oldest developers is lower than average.