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Re:Why a career in computer programming sucks (2007) by sammcd on Sunday February 05, 2012 @12:14AM (#3553363)
I have trouble thinking this 60 year old programmer exists. There were only 2000 computers in existence in 1960. Today a 60 year old programmer that spent a career in computer science is a very small group of people.

I'm going to wait and see how this really turns out.

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Re:Why a career in computer programming sucks (2007) by ScottBurson on Sunday February 05, 2012 @12:25AM (#3553373)
1960? If one's career is considered to start at age 22, a 60-year-old would have started in 1974.
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Re:Why a career in computer programming sucks (2007) by sammcd on Sunday February 05, 2012 @02:09AM (#3553505)
Good point :) To be fair I started writing code much younger, but I still chose a bad date.

I still think my main point is valid.

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