Programmers are athletes
As my career advances on, something is becoming more and more obvious. I am surrounded by people younger than me. At 35, I am not middle-aged, I am an old man.
In my corporate environment, there is a preference to hire very young and right out of school. These kids are bright, hungry, and have almost no opinion about anything. Perfect to mold into the company’s image. The older “greybeards” are to be found huddled away maintaining systems that perhaps they have been working on for the last 20 years. A lucky few are leading groups, not so much programmers now, but managers.
What do athletes do when they are past thier prime? The sucessful ones invest in their own businesses, some teach or coach, but it seems that most are just bankrupt, divorced or unemployed. Programmers certainly have better chances than footballers, but I just do not have too many examples of career paths of programmers who are not .com superstars or reluctant managers.
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llysakowski reblogged this from davidmichael and added:
davidmichael’s poignant prospective...workers in the tech sector.
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