Comment by gertjanzwartjes

The article is not about young vs old, or veterans vs beginners. It's about trying to control a creative process; programming is (for a big part) inventing new things, using existing components in a new way. Such creative work cannot easily be planned and controlled the same way as building a product on a production line for example. The tone might be a bit cynical, I agree, and there's much written about it, though it's an interesting perspective.