Not Just Any Old Geek
I am getting to old geek status myself. From a more cynical perspective, I am not sure if we can compete with early twenty-somethings who are unjaded and buy into the silicon valley mystique. They are willing to work 12 hour days and still do the faux-japanese salarymen afterwork socializing that supposedly builds &quot;culture&quot;.<p>Older geeks don&#x27;t buy into this ping-pong table propaganda. Tech companies probably won&#x27;t be able to squeeze all the extra work out of us in the name of passion and culture. I guess the question is, can experience&#x2F;skill&#x2F;efficiency really out-produce a legion of young programmers who are willing to work 1.5-2X the hours? I have no idea.