John, You agree it's work ethic and willingness to learn ?
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD > On Jan 7, 2014, at 1:08 PM, John Gilmore <jwgli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am not persuaded that age is the fundamental issue here. Age > disparities can be valuable. Whitehead's much quoted rationale, > > The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection > between knowledge and the zest for life, by uniting the young and the > old in the imaginative consideration of learning. > > makes my point. > > What is problematic about many mainframe shops is something quite > different; it is a shared culture that is > > "insular, suspiciously unanimous, risk-averse, and mediocre". > > The competent old who have something to teach the young will enjoy > working with---and, yes, learning from---them. There is indeed > something very dreary about workplaces populated only by the > middle-aged and the old, as there is about college campuses when the > students are elsewhere. > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
