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Japan’s ’golden coder’ making games apps aged 82 [video]

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Post by aikinai »

droidist2 wrote: post #17
kawera wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hinadan/id1199778491?mt=8

Her website is interesting looking. It reminds me of the sites I used to make when I first learned to code HTML from scratch. http://marchan.travel.coocan.jp

That probably has more to do with her nationality than her age. Many Japanese websites still look like this, in particular for small businesses.

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Post by Danieru »

ksec wrote: post #12

I notice the mouse, I really hope Apple do acknowledge they make crappy mouse. Another thing I am wondering, what makes a company not hiring programmer at old age when their brain are still functioning properly?

In Japan the last company to have employed someone is on the hook for some retirement benefits. Thus one often sees hiring cut offs entering the fifties.

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Post by spraak »

Scarbutt wrote: post #10

nice coding setup ;) Interesting how she seats, my legs would hurt.

This is actually how I've been sitting for the past few months. I didn't recall it was a thing of Japanese culture, though, it just happened out of circumstance/need for me

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Post by sdrothrock »

zerr wrote: post #26

I wonder what happened to the generations of 70s/80s/90s arcade/NES/SNES/etc... game developers. Where are they now..

A surprising number of NES/SNES developers are still employed, if not at their original companies, at other game companies. I bet for every Shigeru Miyamoto you hear about, there are hundreds of other 50-something programmers who are still plugging away at games... and from what I hear, a lot of them have refused to adapt to modern languages/approaches/IDEs, which would explain why those particular people are not doing so well.

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Post by Broken_Hippo »

wst_ wrote: post #15
Cursuviam wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both rare metals are good for this case. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20years

I thought so far that silver is chosen because of a hair changing color with age.

I'm of the understanding that you hit silver first, then you are golden. It is the same for anniversaries, isn't it? 25 years of marriage is silver and 50 is gold?

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Post by icebraining »

sdrothrock wrote: post #27
zerr wrote: post #26

I wonder what happened to the generations of 70s/80s/90s arcade/NES/SNES/etc... game developers. Where are they now..

A surprising number of NES/SNES developers are still employed, if not at their original companies, at other game companies. I bet for every Shigeru Miyamoto you hear about, there are hundreds of other 50-something programmers who are still plugging away at games... and from what I hear, a lot of them have refused to adapt to modern languages/approaches/IDEs, which would explain why those particular people are not doi…

a lot of them have refused to adapt to modern languages/approaches/IDEs, which would explain why those particular people are not doing so well.

Seems a bit shortsighted from the management's part. Retro and casual gaming is pretty hot right now, especially on mobile. I would license a good emulator, and then gather a good old-school team and let them make a few games their own way. Has anything like this been tried?

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Post by Grustaf »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #28
wst_ wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought so far that silver is chosen because of a hair changing color with age.

I'm of the understanding that you hit silver first, then you are golden. It is the same for anniversaries, isn't it? 25 years of marriage is silver and 50 is gold?

I don't think there is any connection with silver and golden anniversaries.

Referring to old people with "silver" probably refers to the hair, "golden years" I guess is because of relaxing in retirement and the wisdom of old age.

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