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It's Hard For Techies Over 40 To Stay Relevant, Says SAP Lab Director

Posted by timothy on from the cannon-fodder dept.

New submitter NewYork writes with this chestnut from an article about the role of age in the high-tech workplace: 'The shelf life of a software engineer today is no more than that of a cricketer — about 15 years,' says V R Ferose, MD of German software major SAP's India R&D Labs that has over 4,500 employees . 'The 20-year-old guys provide me more value than the 35-year-olds do.'" The article features similar sentiments from Mukund Mohan, CEO of Microsoft's India-based startup initiative.

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  1. Re:Oh and always do things the right way by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Never cut corners, nothing good comes out of cutting corners.

    Unless you're Apple. Then you file for a patent.

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  2. Re:really? by nospam007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He will be forty one day too..."

    He's 38, so it will be very soon.
    Actually, we don't have to listen to that geezer.