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Ageism in IT?
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In IT terms I am an old fart. 46. But it seems like yesterday I was the kid who had to prove himself in a mainframe world full old men. I don't know where all the old men went, probably died of the cigarettes they chained smoked. I do remember a lot of old geeks, who although they lacked washboard abs (ageism is about sexual attraction not programming skill), they could code the hell out of anything in assembly language.
Now I am old. I adapted to the Internet in 1993. I marvel what some kids do not know. Too many years on ritalin? And there's the bright ones.
GenX got a raw deal, mostly because it hit recessions on both sides of college and the baby boomers before me want to deny them the same excesses in life we enjoyed. Hell we demanded beer at age 19!
There is always someone who is a faster coder. There's always someone slower. Most of the times its about persistence against all odds and just getting the job done.
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In IT terms I am an old fart. 46. But it seems like yesterday I was the kid who had to prove himself in a mainframe world full old men. I don't know where all the old men went, probably died of the cigarettes they chained smoked. I do remember a lot of old geeks, who although they lacked washboard abs (ageism is about sexual attraction not programming skill), they could code the hell out of anything in assembly language. Now I am old. I adapted to the Internet in 1993. I marvel what some kids do not know. Too many years on ritalin? And there's the bright ones. GenX got a raw deal, mostly because it hit recessions on both sides of college and the baby boomers before me want to deny them the same excesses in life we enjoyed. Hell we demanded beer at age 19! There is always someone who is a faster coder. There's always someone slower. Most of the times its about persistence against all odds and just getting the job done.