> The young understand new technologies better than the old do, and are like a clean slate: they will rapidly learn the latest coding methods and techniques, an

> The young understand new technologies better than the old do, and are like a clean slate: they will rapidly learn the latest coding methods and techniques, and they don’t carry any “technology baggage”. As well, the older worker likely has a family and needs to leave by 6 pm, whereas the young can pull all-nighters. Underpaid AND you have to pull all-nighters? No wonder software engineers are hard to come by. What are my other options? Is building forms in Rails really that difficult for older people? EDIT: Keeping in mind this article was from 2010.