EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

carsongross wrote: post #2

Hey, man, you'd be sad too if you lived to see what modern man would do to programming languages: http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/_media/img/fello... http://kazimirmajorinc.com/Documents/Why-Dijkstra-didnt-like... The old guys wrote the best stuff: https://cr.yp.to/bib/1995/wirth.pdf

Completing the holy trinity of bearded computer pioneers looking appalled at the modern age: https://www.netmeister.org/blog/images/dijkstra-quick-n-dirt...

Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by Mikeb85 » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:17 AM UTC

R does give me a smile more often than most other languages (everything is just so easy), though I also have a big beard. Interesting article.

Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by Scarbutt » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:24 AM UTC

Do software engineers stop programming at 35?

Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by greydius » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:24 AM UTC

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Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by Mikeb85 » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:27 AM UTC

Scarbutt wrote: post #5

Do software engineers stop programming at 35?

I think there's just enough young programmers in the sample that that's the highest mean age...

Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by rzzzt » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:30 AM UTC

Scarbutt wrote: post #5

Do software engineers stop programming at 35?

Hopefully not :) Check the "Density" tab to see eg. 53 year old programmers recorded for C# and Python.

Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by simmons » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:30 AM UTC

Scarbutt wrote: post #5

Do software engineers stop programming at 35?

Not at all. That's just the median age, and I think the profession tends to have a lot of young people due to the size of the field at the time people chose their careers.

Re: EigenCoder: Programming Stereotypes

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Post by Gratsby » Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:32 AM UTC

There's only one conclusion to draw from the age data:

Somewhere between 50 and 60, software developers realize that their skill can be better put to work managing the retirement fund.