SaraMGJun 12, 2023

Hiring a software engineer in their late 40s:

Pros:
* Understands your stack better than you do after glancing through the repo for five minutes.
* Will rewrite said stack 2x as fast, and half as buggy if you let them.

Cons:
* Gives zero fucks.
* Knows we're not *really* like family here.
* No, seriously, absolutely zero fucks given.

Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.

Show threadSam J SharpeJun 12, 2023
@saramg are these firm reqs? I'm only in my early to mid 40s.
Show threadMatthew Ford 
@SamJSharpe @saramg yeah I would say this applies to mid 40s too 😂
Jun 12, 2023 at 11:13pmWeb
Show threadSandor SzücsJun 13, 2023
@Matthewcford @SamJSharpe @saramg I think it’s more on experience than with age, because I had the same impression since <40.
In my team we are also very open about it, so the younger will observe themselves even earlier.