Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 12, 2003 02:21 AM
As a young programmer, I try hard to be as helpful as possible to older programmers who have more things going on in their life and don't seem to know as much about current trends as I do. Personally, I understand and respect that good parenting takes time and some amount of career sacrifices to do right.
But what prevents me from teaching rusting programmers is overwhelmingly their own refusal to learn. The thought of real work seems to repulse them. They don't actually like and likely never did like the challenge of programming and IT work, apparently. And often the older they are, the more bitter and whiney they are about having to DO anything.
That happens in every industry where people expect to have everything handed to them on a platter. Frequently those kinds of people get hung up on age because they aren't willing to admit to themselves that they wasted their own youth in a job they really didn't like. It was just for the easy money or glory or whatever.
What is most unfortunate is that by expecting younger programmers to sit around until they too are old and bitter before "the barrier" is lifted to allow them in, you are creating in the next generation the same misery you find in your own life now as payment for your lazy career decisions.
In other words, grow up and stop trying to impose your own career retardation on others. There is nothing to respect about an elder who has gained no wisdom.
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Re:the programming mind
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 12, 2003 02:21 AMBut what prevents me from teaching rusting programmers is overwhelmingly their own refusal to learn. The thought of real work seems to repulse them. They don't actually like and likely never did like the challenge of programming and IT work, apparently. And often the older they are, the more bitter and whiney they are about having to DO anything.
That happens in every industry where people expect to have everything handed to them on a platter. Frequently those kinds of people get hung up on age because they aren't willing to admit to themselves that they wasted their own youth in a job they really didn't like. It was just for the easy money or glory or whatever.
What is most unfortunate is that by expecting younger programmers to sit around until they too are old and bitter before "the barrier" is lifted to allow them in, you are creating in the next generation the same misery you find in your own life now as payment for your lazy career decisions.
In other words, grow up and stop trying to impose your own career retardation on others. There is nothing to respect about an elder who has gained no wisdom.
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