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Discussion on: Why Older People Struggle In Programming Jobs

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Adam Nathaniel Davis

Thank you for the feedback! And yeah, I actually believe that nearly all of the points in this article apply to any devs - regardless of age. But most of the younger devs I know don't allow these things to bother them as much. Heck - when I was younger, I didn't allow them to bother me as much. It's just a question of values and priorities. IMHO, many of these values/priorities change as we get older - and sometimes they change in a way that makes it more difficult to fit into a "typical" professional environment.

Cheers!

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Vlad Nedelcu

True that !! One thing that really connected some dots while reading this is that when I first started working as a dev (I am in my 20s), some older devs always told me "I can see in your enthusiasm that you are new... let it pass some years". I bugged me because I thought they are just grumpy.

Still, I can see that enthusiasm dies if you let it die :)). I will be interested if you write something about job-hopping too, as some recent events got me reading about this. Sure thing that I will be keeping an eye over the new posts :D