Comment by imp0cat

2 months ago

Mastery comes with age, no way around that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pi7WcHqBNU - Here are some bits of wisdom from Japanese master chefs, both young and old.

In light of this, it's weird how the software industry, especially startup culture, is so rife with age discrimination.

  • Experienced people see through b.s. and push back. Less experienced people are simply easier to exploit. And whether or not the current job market allows us proper perspective, a large part of our working population is exploited. That’s how capitalism works in practice.