Acho que a profissão de programador é relativamente recente para se encontrar pessoas de cabelo grisalho como programadores mas dentro de 10-15 anos isso irá ter de acontecer inevitavelmente.
Se formos ver as poucas empresas de programação em COBOL, provavelmente a idade média dos programadores será de 45-50 anos ! 2015-07-17 23:28 GMT+01:00 Apintex <[email protected]>: > ...e em Portugal? > > > *António Pinto* shared with you: > > > 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... > > <https://www.quora.com/Why-arent-there-a-lot-of-old-programmers-at-software-companies> > [image: > Zite logo] <http://zite.com/> > > Available on the App Store > <http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=419752338&mt=8> > . > > > Att, > > António Pinto > > -- > Recebeu esta mensagem porque subscreveu ao grupo "Mailing List da > Comunidade Portuguesa de Rich Internet Applications - www.riapt.org" do > Grupos do Google. > Para anular a subscrição deste grupo e parar de receber emails do mesmo, > envie um email para [email protected]. > Para publicar uma mensagem neste grupo, envie um email para > [email protected]. > Visite este grupo em http://groups.google.com/group/riapt. > Para mais opções, visite https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Recebeu esta mensagem porque está inscrito no grupo "Mailing List da Comunidade Portuguesa de Rich Internet Applications - www.riapt.org" dos Grupos do Google. Para anular a subscrição deste grupo e parar de receber emails do mesmo, envie um email para [email protected]. Para publicar uma mensagem neste grupo, envie um e-mail para [email protected]. Visite este grupo em http://groups.google.com/group/riapt. Para mais opções, consulte https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
