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Re:IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Mi... by peanutz454 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @01:27AM (#19509510)
Software engineering is a new field, and therefore has fewer oldies.
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Re:IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Mi... by pauljburke on Thursday March 28, 2019 @04:56AM (#19510448)
It's really not. There were people long retired before I hit the workplace and I'm fast approaching 50.

There is a combination of seemingly relentless growth in demand and people deciding they've had enough and hitting the management track however. At least in London/finance. The number of people I started with that are still coding on a daily basis is very small.

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