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Re:IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Mi... by alchemism on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:19AM (#19510813)
If your broken sink is connected to a broken pipe under the street in front of your house on your property, and you find that you need to hire a Master Plumber with a team of juniors to fix it, you may find that the same price/years of experience equation exists.

The hierarchy of the trade union is what sustains this service model in the marketplace.

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Re:IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Mi... by world32 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @06:31AM (#19510865)
"hire a Master Plumber with a team of juniors to fix it"

In that situation I would consider the "Master Plumber" akin to a lead developer or project manager. Which goes back to my main point - in software development you eventually need to either move to a management/leadership role or specialise in domain specific fields like security, computer graphics, systems architecture etc.

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Re:IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Mi... by C1sc0cat on Thursday March 28, 2019 @07:09AM (#19511017)
Wouldn't that be the responsibility of the water company which is civil engineering
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Re:IBM purged ‘gray hairs’ and ‘old heads’ as it launched Mi... by alchemism on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:56AM (#19520529)
Every house has a connection to the water main - what happens after that connection point is not their responsibility to repair.

But they will shut it off if you don’t fix it in, say, 10 days...

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