Because we still rule the world you think you’ve conquered —
Even if you believe experience is no longer valid, consider that you’re using tools, languages, and frameworks built by people you’d rarely hire for your projects simply because you’d consider them too old.
You use Go, unaware it was created by the same minds behind Unix.
You use Python, not knowing its creator, Guido van Rossum, is well past 60.
You use JavaScript, not realizing Brendan Eich, its creator, is 64 and wrote it in just ten days.
You rely on Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite… all designed by minds that don’t fit your pitch decks.
You use Git, but forget that Linus Torvalds isn’t an influencer — he’s an architect.
We don’t chase likes. We make sure the system doesn’t crash. That the code has intention. That the software respects the user.
We’re not obsolete. We’re the ones who still know why it works.
And when someone older asks you for a job, consider that they might be the greatest contribution to your project.
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