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When Are You Too Old To Be a Programmer?

Too Old to be a programmer?

When are you too old to be a programmer?

As an old guy, my perspective is skewed. That’s OK; all of our perspectives on all issues are skewed by who we are. But is there an answer that ‘makes sense’?

According to a new study, older people might actually make better programmers than younger ones. This is a seismic shift in the way the topic has long been discussed, and in conflict with something I asked about a few years ago; might older people be too set in their ways to use SmartPhones?

Zuckerberg’s Hoodie As Measure of Maturity

You know that scene in The Social Network where Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg looks down his nose at an attorney and talks to him as though he was pond scum?

You have part of my attention – you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.

Young People Aren’t As Smart As Older People

OK, I actually think the opposite is true. With respect to growing research showing a decline in mental faculties at some point, age doesn’t determine intelligence one bit.

That said, Vivek Wadhwa, a scholar of some note, has written a piece in today’s TechCrunch that addresses something I’ve said for a long time: being older and having the associated experience that only age can bring makes you better at certain things.





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