superJimmy64

I dont think its as much a business-motivated thought, as it is an observation about there being a very distorted age spectrum associated with working in tech-related industries.

>(You don’t have to drive creative folk like most workers. They drive themselves. Just wind ’em up and let ’em go.)

Great link: Very, VERY insightful.

(Not that it really matters, but I'm 27...) A few things came to me after reading the post:

Firstly, how this situation shared by the OP and many others is pure insanity. That the very people who grew up with this technology during the baby years are now struggling to have a place now that it really has taken off.

Secondly, for those in their mid-30's and onward, to realize how immensely skilled they likely are at writing (if not already recognizing this fact). One of my favorite parts of staying up to date in this industry is getting to read every and any type of work/post/article from the older guys (still must admit that 37 doesn't feel old to me). Because your time was spent communicating primarily electronically, this skill has spilled over into creative writing and all other forms, which makes for incredibly well-written pieces which keep me going to this very day. So thank you for that.

Thirdly, how amazing it is that a person can now come up with an idea, build out the details and launch the website within 24 hours if truly determined. Loved the website, definitely think that as younger generations start to take advantage of the current tech and build their own on top of it, that there will be a need to differentiate between the various abilities/experience of devs.

Nice work.

I'll vouch for this as well. A cool test: a few hours into the later parts of a long night when your working on something, try removing flux. I was blown away by how clearly this app should be a necessity for all devs and possibly techies

Agreed. Certainly if the dev has any regard for things like performance and security

I'm not sure I would choose something over the latest version, primarily because of how little a time investment using it can be... but then again it all comes down to what the task at hand is doesn't it ;P

I should have specified that it wasnt an attempt to put down the language, as there are many, MANY caveats... only wanted to point out how writing it almost makes me feel unclean somehow hah

Absolutely. I'm not attempting to put it down as somehow not worthy of anyones time, just thought I'd mention how "cushioned" it all felt :P

I literally just started to go back and re-learn some of the core concepts for the latest version... wow is Swift ugly!

EDIT: I'm not attempting to discredit the greatness that can be had... Just wanted to describe a feeling which I had while using it is all!

There are obvious exceptions however I have come to understand the greatness that is SO. All that is needed is a well-thought question with a little bit of work to show on the side.

I have a theory about why many complain about SO (please don't comment about this line, there are obviously exceptions):

There has been a ridiculous sense of entitlement with the growth and recent appeal of tech jobs in the past 5 years.

All this crap about "trolling" getting out of hand, not enough diversity (THE FIELD WAS PRIMARILY FILLED WITH NERDS OFTEN LACKING ANY SOCIAL SKILLS, no one else wanted to look or hang out with "that guy who is good with computers") etc.

It's a field that was mainly driven out of the desire and enjoyment that would be had messing around on CPU's. Therefore most of the good ones (among the diluted masses of "experts" nowadays) spent a great deal of time on these things. I'm not surprised that somebody would get pissed off if another came around and started asking for the answers to things without any real effort or drive being shown.

SO will forever be a poor resource for the huge incoming population of coders.

> (A programmer does not primarily write code; rather, he primarily writes to another programmer about his problem solution.)

An obvious concept that can so easily be forgotten at times.

This is a ridiculous product... reminds me of the classic upper management/CEO "ideas". You know the kind: obsolete, neglects societal concerns (security???), nobody around to tell them it's a bad idea.

> (Why make this product, with its attendant risks, and why now? “Because it’s fun,” he says with another laugh.)

Sometimes you can look at something and just KNOW that there is not a chance that pile of junk is gonna gain traction.