Look at it from an economical / socilogical point of view:
You must know about inequal distribution of income within a population. Money is concentrated on people who are owners of corporations...etc. In other words, money is not homogenously distributed in the society, think about the rich and the poor. By coming up with such an idea, this guy made the rich corporate owner pay him -- a regular middle class person , thus helping the money permeate homogenously inside society so that money goes towards the poor. Congratulations to him!
I did not say you cannot think. I just said you lose focus and concentration to write complicated algorithms. So you move to other fields that require less of it. I did not mean any disrespect. I would love to have a an ex-coder as a manager. It would suit them well than coding.
What a strong reaction! You are old; you have a fluid mind; and that is why this reaction? Or is it just that because you did not see any decrease in the viscosity of your prof's brain?
I had a late 60s professor who was great at teaching. But being good at teaching does not mean that they can focus on large algorithms/projects. As you said, memory fades with age. When you are designing a complicated algorithm, you think about it in your head. The less memory you have, the less of it you will be hold in your brain at a time so when your mind goes through the middle of the algorithm, you will forget the beginning. Thus, you loose focus! Older people would be good at organizing and doing stuff that requires experience ( extensice knowledge accumulated from yeas).
Maybe it becomes hard to think and concentrate at or above that age and so they move to other areas that require less focus and attention.
After all, the younger you are the more fluid brain you have.
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Look at it from an economical / socilogical point of view:
You must know about inequal distribution of income within a population. Money is concentrated on people who are owners of corporations...etc. In other words, money is not homogenously distributed in the society, think about the rich and the poor. By coming up with such an idea, this guy made the rich corporate owner pay him -- a regular middle class person , thus helping the money permeate homogenously inside society so that money goes towards the poor. Congratulations to him!
If you say you prefer Java because it is cross platform, I would say Go-Mono
I did not say you cannot think. I just said you lose focus and concentration to write complicated algorithms. So you move to other fields that require less of it. I did not mean any disrespect. I would love to have a an ex-coder as a manager. It would suit them well than coding.
What a strong reaction! You are old; you have a fluid mind; and that is why this reaction? Or is it just that because you did not see any decrease in the viscosity of your prof's brain? I had a late 60s professor who was great at teaching. But being good at teaching does not mean that they can focus on large algorithms/projects. As you said, memory fades with age. When you are designing a complicated algorithm, you think about it in your head. The less memory you have, the less of it you will be hold in your brain at a time so when your mind goes through the middle of the algorithm, you will forget the beginning. Thus, you loose focus! Older people would be good at organizing and doing stuff that requires experience ( extensice knowledge accumulated from yeas).
Maybe it becomes hard to think and concentrate at or above that age and so they move to other areas that require less focus and attention. After all, the younger you are the more fluid brain you have.