How popular media portrays the employability of older software developers

Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by cageface on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:51AM (#23965069)

I think this is the key. Developers in our age range that keep their skills up and keep learning new things can be very productive and an asset on a team. You have to stay humble and admit you still don't know everything.

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Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by jegea on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:16AM (#23965282)

In my experience (I'm 51 myself), the older the guy, the most likely he's aware he doesn't know everything

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Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:35AM (#23965448)

And also the more likely they have wisdom that is far more valuable than whatever the flavor-of-the-month tech skill is anyway.

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Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by newen on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:11AM (#23965831)

This is ignoring the stereotype of the recent college grad or someone with just a couple of years experience who thinks they know everything. I see everywhere at my work. When you take into account that 90% of software developers of all ages are just not that good at their jobs, things start to make a lot of sense.

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