The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
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Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#2I guess whoever buys them will get a maintainable code for a change.
Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#3The "only 45 hours" part is a bit strange for a European.
Most companies here do 38 hours, some go to 39 or 40 (but then we get 6 or 12 days PTO extra).
Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#4Why is it strange to want experienced, professional career programmers? 20 years of experience has value, new grads can't and don't perform the same work on the same level, all other things equal.
How is that a unicorn? If you want good software on a regular basis in a reasonable amount of time you hire people who've been doing it a while.
How many major legal battles are fought primarily by newly-minted lawyers?
Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#5I guess whoever buys them will get a maintainable code for a change.
Possibly. The programmers I work with in that age range seem to make it a point to write hard to read and understand code. This in a way keeps their jobs more secure and in general has made it tough to onboard new programmers.
Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#6I guess whoever buys them will get a maintainable code for a change.
Possibly. The programmers I work with in that age range seem to make it a point to write hard to read and understand code. This in a way keeps their jobs more secure and in general has made it tough to onboard new programmers.
Not enough information here to either validate your opinion or dismiss as inexperience.
Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Possibly. The programmers I work with in that age range seem to make it a point to write hard to read and understand code. This in a way keeps their jobs more secure and in general has made it tough to onboard new programmers.
Not enough information here to either validate your opinion or dismiss as inexperience.
I have met both kinds.
Re: The $1B company that prefers 40 year old coders who only work 45 hours a week
#8Why is it strange to want experienced, professional career programmers? 20 years of experience has value, new grads can't and don't perform the same work on the same level, all other things equal. How is that a unicorn? If you want good software on a regular basis in a reasonable amount of time you hire people who've been doing it a while. How many major legal battles are fought primarily by newly-minted lawyers?
Because in silicon valley and the startup scene in general you will see mostly 20 somethings as software engineers. Companies like that they can pay them less and get long hours out of them . (No children, work is #1 priority, etc).