We need young programmers; we need old programmers
The unfortunate reality is one really good programmer can oversee 5 or 6 2-4 years of experience programmers. Almost all corporate software, even in FAANG, runs this way. People want to believe their 20 years of experience counts, but it doesnt. Mostly your ability is capped by your intelligence and exposure to other really good programmers. But it plateaus very fast, and there is no learning after a certain amount of years of coding (I would argue at 4-5 years of good&#x2F;varied experience mark).<p>Whats more, I would argue that the idea that the human brain can hold ten years of programming information to be absolutely absurd. The universe of what you can learn technically and recall is smaller than that time frame. World class physicists, mathematicians, chess masters, etc peak young. The brain doesnt need a decade to reach the heights its capable of.