How popular media portrays the employability of older software developers

Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by ausjke on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:14AM (#23965263)

college professors can get stuff done in their 70s, so should be software engineers as long as they keep learning, both demands a working brain. software is getting complex, experiences matter.

I used to work for motorola, engineers with gray hairs are gems, full of knowledge and always learning new stuff, eager to coach new comers. it unfortunately stopped when outsourcing became a fashion.

I'm old too, I kept learning everyday, delving into c++17 these days, and it just makes my day fulfilling.

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Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by IggleSniggle on Monday July 27, 2020 @10:44AM (#23965533)

I come to HN because it's my access to grey hairs. Unfortunately I haven't ever met a grey hair that really enjoyed coaching.

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Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by heelix on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:19PM (#23966528)

Coaching and mentoring turns out to be as valuable for the Teacher as it is for the Student. The good ones will take the time to do this - even if the original plan was to shape the thought process of their evil minions. :)

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Re:How popular media portrays the employability of older sof... by ses4j on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:00AM (#23965707)

I do. You will.

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