Software Engineering Is a Dead-End Career, Says Bloomberg 738
An anonymous reader sends this quote from an opinion piece at Bloomberg:
"Many programmers find that their employability starts to decline at about age 35. Employers dismiss them as either lacking in up-to-date technical skills — such as the latest programming-language fad — or 'not suitable for entry level.' In other words, either underqualified or overqualified. That doesn’t leave much, does it? Statistics show that most software developers are out of the field by age 40. Employers have admitted this in unguarded moments. Craig Barrett, a former chief executive officer of Intel Corp., famously remarked that 'the half-life of an engineer, software or hardware, is only a few years,' while Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook has blurted out that young programmers are superior."
Re:Cool, so where do you go next? (Score:4, Funny)
Our own bloody fault, should have gone into football instead of engineering. Common good and all that.
Re:Cool, so where do you go next? (Score:4, Funny)
You ever hear of Logan's Run? It was wrong ... by 19 years. Sad to say, I've only got a few more months to go.
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Re:Nothing new? (Score:5, Funny)
Because all the cool toys get more and more expensive.
And, if you like to keep banging younger chicks....it doesn't hurt to have a bit more disposable income than the next guy....
Remember, he who dies with the most stuff....wins.
Re:Mod parent up! (Score:4, Funny)
[[That's what you're paying for when you hire the experienced programmers. The knowledge of what errors people usually make and why they make them.]]
Younger programmers don't create errors. Just ask them.
Re:Not bloody likely (Score:4, Funny)
I see. Let me get off your lawn right away, sir.