The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders
&gt; He was interviewed by a younger engineer who told him, “I’m always surprised when older programmers keep up on technology.”<p>As someone relatively old, I&#x27;ve been in a lot of developer interviews. I also noticed that older programmers tend to not be as up to date in newer technologies or ways of doing things.<p>I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s strictly limited to technology. How many 50-year old do you know who listen to trap music? Or approve of the way teens dress these days?<p>It&#x27;s just the classic &quot;older people tend to be more conservative&quot; fact. At some point most people get stuck in the things the were doing&#x2F;liking when they were younger. The hate new music, they dismiss newer technologies (to open a rats nest: Electron anyone?)<p>I&#x27;m sure I&#x27;ll get comments like &quot;I&#x27;m 18 and I hate trap music and Electron&quot;. That&#x27;s not the point, I&#x27;m talking about distributions not individual cases.