If you&#x27;re talking about the internet, a decade is a long time and an important distinction. We&#x27;re not talking about a 32 year old dev. I mean hell I know plenty of early 30s folks.<p>40 years ago was 1976. We&#x27;re talking about people who were born not too long after we landed on the moon (or even before). There&#x27;s just not a lot of people that age who both went into programming <i>and</i> are still doing it, as opposed to management or something non-technical entirely.<p>So while it&#x27;s not at all surprising to see an early- or mid-30s developer (I work with many), it is very surprising to see a mid-40s developer (I&#x27;ve only ever worked with two, and one had an almost violent aversion to anything except procedural VB).