> He was interviewed by a younger engineer who told him, “I’m always surprised when older programmers keep up on technology.”
As someone relatively old, I've been in a lot of developer interviews. I also noticed that older programmers tend to not be as up to date in newer technologies or ways of doing things.
I don't think it's strictly limited to technology. How many 50-year old do you know who listen to trap music? Or approve of the way teens dress these days?
It's just the classic "older people tend to be more conservative" fact. At some point most people get stuck in the things the were doing/liking when they were younger. The hate new music, they dismiss newer technologies (to open a rats nest: Electron anyone?)
I'm sure I'll get comments like "I'm 18 and I hate trap music and Electron". That's not the point, I'm talking about distributions not individual cases.
As someone relatively old, I've been in a lot of developer interviews. I also noticed that older programmers tend to not be as up to date in newer technologies or ways of doing things.
I don't think it's strictly limited to technology. How many 50-year old do you know who listen to trap music? Or approve of the way teens dress these days?
It's just the classic "older people tend to be more conservative" fact. At some point most people get stuck in the things the were doing/liking when they were younger. The hate new music, they dismiss newer technologies (to open a rats nest: Electron anyone?)
I'm sure I'll get comments like "I'm 18 and I hate trap music and Electron". That's not the point, I'm talking about distributions not individual cases.