Us babies out there in the industry are, in some cases, more skilled than some of the 35 year old "gurus" out there. I'm 18, graduating high school in 2 weeks (yay), and have a full time job as a web developer at a startup company in Northern Virginia. I started here a few months ago, and I'm a little less than impressed with some of the supposedly highly qualified staff members. I've taken 2 years of C++ programming in high school, classes in AI and computer architecture, and classes in graphics and supercomputing numbercrunching (mmm...big words that dont mean a whole lot). I'd like to consider myself moderately skilled, but I'm only getting like 10 bucks an hour, which is 2 less than what I had originally asked for to underbid myself. Anyway, the point I'm getting at, is that even if you're young, experienced, knowlegable, and capable of functioning in a mature work environment, you're not always looked upon as fresh-grad gold. And to all you folks older and more experienced than I am, all respect and gratitude to you all, you've done a hell of a job shaping the industry into what it is today, good luck to all of you having trouble finding jobs, as Idont really see what it matters.
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Us babies out there in the industry are, in some cases, more skilled than some of the 35 year old "gurus" out there. I'm 18, graduating high school in 2 weeks (yay), and have a full time job as a web developer at a startup company in Northern Virginia. I started here a few months ago, and I'm a little less than impressed with some of the supposedly highly qualified staff members. I've taken 2 years of C++ programming in high school, classes in AI and computer architecture, and classes in graphics and supercomputing numbercrunching (mmm...big words that dont mean a whole lot). I'd like to consider myself moderately skilled, but I'm only getting like 10 bucks an hour, which is 2 less than what I had originally asked for to underbid myself. Anyway, the point I'm getting at, is that even if you're young, experienced, knowlegable, and capable of functioning in a mature work environment, you're not always looked upon as fresh-grad gold. And to all you folks older and more experienced than I am, all respect and gratitude to you all, you've done a hell of a job shaping the industry into what it is today, good luck to all of you having trouble finding jobs, as Idont really see what it matters.