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Comment Re:None of that will matter (Score 2) 429

In the age of "screw everybody to get another quarter point from the stock", the ones in charge will never pay the older developers what they are worth. It doesn't matter that the inexperienced developers will make the huge mistakes the older people could have warned them away from. It doesn't matter that the degradation in product quality will likely have long term negative effects on the company. All that matters is short term financial gain by the executive staff in this country.

Indeed. And a good example of that is the direction Apple is currently taking (software wise).

Comment Re:The problem with older developers... (Score 5, Insightful) 429

The real problem with people hiring developers is that they often see development as a first step in life, which a preparation for another job having management responsibilities for instance. They don't understand that some people consider development to be a career, like to code, like to learn technical stuff and don't consider changing for management positions. Moreover, a "natural selection" eliminates the worst developers in their 20's who naturally turn to other jobs after a while. Of course, there are still a bunch of incompetent older developers - but thanks to these many years of experience, it is usually much easier to discern the good and the bad from older developers than from beginners.

Comment Re:Stupid (Score 1) 264

Hmm, a code is supposed to be read and maintained. Using ugly hacks whenever possible is more of a showing off attitude. You know the "I use ugly hacks to show how good I know C, and then I post it on github to reach as many people as possible" attitude.

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