Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B

Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by tdavis on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @01:41AM (#650634)

I can't completely buy it, only because I'm sure there are still companies or projects out there who need somebody with a decade's worth of low-level programming experience. Okay, maybe you can't make tons of money doing Rails CRUD apps because a trained seal could do that, but a trained seal couldn't write complicated C++ code.

My point, I suppose, is that your experience must still count for something within certain domains. Right? Or am I wrong on that, too?

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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by timr on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @03:29AM (#650698)

Sure, depth of experience counts for something. The problem is that the deeper you go, the less of an ecosystem there is to support you.

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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday June 10, 2009 @02:24PM (#651484)

Damn straight! The outfit I work for builds medical instrumentation and you can bet your butt that experience counts a huge amount. It's also getting harder to find people with recent C++ development on their resume.

I think you'll find that in industries where safety & reliability is critical, experience is always a great benefit for the applicant.

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