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Re:We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor by mattschoch on Sunday February 03, 2013 @09:21PM (#5162103)
>>For job like programming or CEO, I kind of think that 70 year olds can do better than say 20 year olds.

Maybe in 50 years, but currently I'd say a 20-30 years old is the prime programmer age. Young people tend to learn new tech quicker, and be faster/more efficient at typing and using computers.

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Re:We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor by WalterBright on Sunday February 03, 2013 @11:28PM (#5162423)
Are you so sure about that? I'm 53, and I believe I'm a far more effective programmer than I was in my 20's.
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Re:We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor by ern on Monday February 04, 2013 @03:20AM (#5163076)
A 53 year old who has been programming for 30+ years is likely to be a good programmer because they managed to keep programming for all those years. How many of the less-talented people you started out with are still programming?

But I do agree that it without hard evidence, it's unfair to assume older programmers are slower or less capable. I have personally worked with some exceptional older programmers.

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Re:We should only work 25 hours a week, argues professor by svachalek on Monday February 04, 2013 @01:39AM (#5162818)
...typing and using computers? So you're comparing 20-30 year old programmers with 40 year old people who aren't even comfortable with computers? Yeah, I'd say apples are way better than oranges.
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