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Why aren't there a lot of old programmers at software companies?
quora.com - When you're older, your thinking becomes more rigorous and 
thorough, but slower. The slowing isn't perceptible, and it pretty much doesn't 
matter. We're talking about a 10 percent drop in computation speed at the 
absolute worst. For an analogy, most people whose computers are "too slow" have 
CPUs that are just fine; it's software problems (e.g. spyware, poor 
multitasking) that are the issue. Where that slight slowing does interfere is 
in certain social interactions, usually under stress and after an inhuman work 
schedule. If you've all been working 12-hour days for two weeks, the older 
person is going to be less adept at quickly and confidently selling his work to 
the 27-year-old "product owner" in the daily Scrum. (The work will be of higher 
quality, but not as well sold.) Older programmers, in general, are better at 
building robust systems, have a better knowledge of prior art, and generally 
have better interpersonal skills. Younger programmers are better at the 
marketing aspect of the job. As you age, you have less patience for the "same 
shit, new stink" faddish aspects of any industry. Fundamental changes in 
technology aren't actually that difficult to adapt to, because older people are 
usually better at picking out the high-value prospects and tend to learn those 
just fine. It's the new by-laws that have little to do with technology itself 
but affect someone's social...


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