Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer
by mweil on Saturday April 02, 2011 @12:09PM
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And the skilled developers aren't the young cats, they are the old dogs. Don't confuse what's popular with what's good.
Personally, I know just as many terrible old developers as I know young and just as many excellent young developers as old. What you're saying here is passing judgement on a group of people due to their age just the same as the OP appears to be passing judgement on a group of people due to their development platform preference.
Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer
by Locke1689 on Sunday April 03, 2011 @02:35AM
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If being a good developer is correlated with IQ (which I suspect is true), skill should be normally distributed independently of age.
Re:Why I went with them and not you: feedback to an interviewer
by ThomPete on Sunday April 03, 2011 @06:45AM
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Of course there are skilled young developers as much as there is terrible old developers. I was responding in context of the OP wasn't trying to pass judgement on age group simply trying to restore balance. Sorry if it was unclear.
And the skilled developers aren't the young cats, they are the old dogs. Don't confuse what's popular with what's good.