The Aging Programmer [video]

I appreciated this. Lots of solid advice and positive and pragmatic thinking here about aging in the context of being a programmer, and more generally too.

I'll take this opportunity to make a related pitch regarding back pain in particular, which can become more of a problem if you are sedentary as so many programmers are: if you have chronic back issues you owe it to yourself to at least check out Stuart McGill's Back Mechanic (https://www.backfitpro.com/books/back-mechanic-the-mcgill-me...). It's very much in line with this post; in particular the idea that you just have to deal with back pain as a fact of life is--for most people--not the case. Please take a look if you are struggling with back pain. The process he lays out takes work but it's based on solid research and experience and it has helped me tremendously.

Re: The Aging Programmer [video]

#9

Post by oytis » Wed, Jan 08, 2025, 3:25 PM UTC

There is some good advice, but the way she assumes old people have a lot of money, costs go down because of accumulation of assetes and salaries rise faster than inflation, might not be transferable to everyone in all geographies and generations (only read the slides)

Re: The Aging Programmer [video]

#10

Post by carschno » Wed, Jan 08, 2025, 3:35 PM UTC

oytis wrote: post #9

There is some good advice, but the way she assumes old people have a lot of money, costs go down because of accumulation of assetes and salaries rise faster than inflation, might not be transferable to everyone in all geographies and generations (only read the slides)

Indeed. That partly seems to be based on the advice to build (save/invest) money while you are younger, which seems a bit contradictory.

I suppose everything is easier when you are rich, including ageing.