Poll: How old are you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by jpdoctor » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:26 PM UTC

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer.

Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.)

The drag is that until I look in the mirror? I'd tell you I'm 20-something, and I have to genuinely remind myself that I'm pushing 50.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:26 PM UTC

It's interesting to read the poll results alongside this link (posted earlier to HN) (http://blog.argteam.com/coding/a-history-of-film-in-wikipedi...)

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by smokinjoe » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:33 PM UTC

Just turned 30 today and I don't even get to move up to a new selection.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by djbender » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

Age is only a number.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by pvnick » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

Have you encountered any agism in your line of work? Do you work with "trendy" languages and technologies or do you stick with tried-and-true, enterprisey type of stuff? Have you considered moving into management or have you always just preferred getting down on your hands and knees so to speak and hacking things together?

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by zwieback » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

For me it's actually better in my late 40s. I've seen enough fads come and go that I don't feel like I have to chase after them anymore.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by dllthomas » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:35 PM UTC

pvnick wrote: post #7

There was an article on here yesterday that said something along the lines of "if you're older than 23 most startups won't even give you the time of day" or some tripe of the sort. I find that to be a negative, untrue stereotype, and it's nice to see the data back up my opinion.

In what way does this data back up your opinion?

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by drumdance » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

I can relate. I once saw a quote, maybe from Garrison Keillor?

"Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell happened."

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by DanielBMarkham » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:41 PM UTC

So, at the time I looked, roughly 500 20-something punks, and roughly 50 of us 40-something geezers.

Dang, odds are that nobody I meet in the old folk's home is going to know anything at all about functional programming or Lean Startups.

Re: Poll: How old are you?

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Post by drumdance » Wed, Jul 17, 2013, 5:42 PM UTC

drumdance wrote: post #18

jpdoctor wrote: post #11

God these types of polls make me feel like a geezer. Just in case any of you whippersnappers are wondering what it feels like to start hacking in your teens and continue (in one form or another) to be hacking into your late 40s: It is pretty much the same after the first cup of coffee in the morning. Where it differs is the lull in the afternoon makes me want to nap. (So I do.) The drag is that until I look in the mi…

I can relate. I once saw a quote, maybe from Garrison Keillor? "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the hell happened."

On the flip side, one thing getting older does is give you perspective about what's really important in life. I definitely am much more attentive to health and relationships, for example.