[dba-Tech] Older is wiser

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon May 6 02:41:54 CDT 2013


I'd like to amend that statement to be "good programmers become wiser programmers as they get older."

Over the last 2 months, I've been reviewing code samples for candidates applying for a senior web developer position and, in many instances, these so called experienced senior developers who have been in this business for 10+ years have submitted some of the most horrendous code that left me so completely stupefied that my only reaction is to push my chair back and cover my face with both palms to protect my sanity from the evils that were printed across my screen (if you don't believe me, I'm happy to post code snippets).

In fact, of all the code samples I've so far reviewed (30+ at this point), only 2 have been more than fairly decent. The rest were so laughably atrocious that it made me question how it is that the Internet has not yet collapsed in on itself at this point.

Experience, apparently, does not make all programmers better. Some people really aren't cut out for this business. I'm not sure I'd even hire them as juniors and yet they somehow manage to thrive.

- Hans


On 2013-05-05, at 2:57 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> This may come as a total shocker to many but older programmer are wiser and
> therefore better that youngsters. 
> 
> The following study discovered that people actually learn as they age. A
> truly amazing revelations.
> 
> http://news.ncsu.edu/releases/wms-murphyhill-age-2013/
> 
> Now try and convince some company to hire a programmer older than thirty,
> forty max...but will the old guys work day and night for next to nothing?
> 
> Jim
> 
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