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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after 35-40? by throwaway7645 on Saturday April 15, 2017 @04:33PM (#14122695)
Slightly off topic: I saw an interesting presentation once where the presenter complained that modern day developers are expected to do open source projects in their spare time in addition to all the work on the job and ended by saying construction workers don't have to do open-source jack-hammering. It is a bit unfair.
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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after 35-40? by xkcd-sucks on Saturday April 15, 2017 @07:08PM (#14123360)
No open source jackhammering, but their wives still expect weekend house renovation
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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after 35-40? by stuaxo on Saturday April 15, 2017 @09:14PM (#14123816)
Upstreaming patches while you work covers this a bit.

Sure, you will be a drive by coder and not every patch will land, but got the ones that do everyone wins.

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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after 35-40? by mgkimsal on Sunday April 16, 2017 @11:59AM (#14126212)
many folks raise their public profile in professions by donating time to causes - builders donating free rehab work in low-income areas or for schools/churches, accountants doing pro-bono work, etc.
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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after 35-40? by crdoconnor on Monday April 17, 2017 @12:03AM (#14129152)
Programmers get paid more. Seems pretty fair to me.
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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after 35-40? by CyberFonic on Saturday April 15, 2017 @07:11PM (#14123372)
When I hire a carpenter for some building work, I'd rather hire somebody who has built his own house, or at least renovated an old one into something homely than the guy who lives in a derelict trailer.
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