Is software development really a dead-end job after age 35-40?

Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after age 3... by tlogan on Friday November 17, 2017 @08:16PM (#15727249)

I wish this is true.

The problem in software development that current way how company financing is set up is that you do not need domain expert to make it.

In other words, it is nearly impossible to be hired as domain expert because very small number of startups needs one: just do some "growth hacking", get to YC, and raise money. Maybe founders need to domain expert to get to YC but they you will kick him or her out as soon as they get "YC stamp".

And this is reason why there is no database experts in all these new database startups, there is no security experts in security startups, nobody can figure out to make even half decent Dropbox clone, etc. The list goes on.

And there is also ageism: all "domain experts" are 30 something.

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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after age 3... by spraak on Friday November 17, 2017 @11:34PM (#15727767)

You're right that most startups don't need domain experts, but most startups won't be paying 250+k salaries, either. So a domain expert would look elsewhere anyways. Even if they still work for a startup, it'd be one that needs their expertise.

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Re:Is software development really a dead-end job after age 3... by herbst on Saturday November 18, 2017 @08:53AM (#15728926)

I heavily assume that even in IT startups are still a very small proportion of the actual job market.

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