Re: What's the median age of the developers in your shop? -- MIDRANGE-L

Lone wolf shop here. I'll be 59 come Monday. Been here 41 years.

My value to my company is business knowledge just as much, if not more so,
than tech knowledge. I am more business the last 10+ years than tech.

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Henrik Rützou <hr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Paul

updated and current knowledge on both is what creates value, the IT
youngsters has
a long way to go, the elderly has to bring/keept themselves up to speed on
both areas.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:35 AM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I've always held that it's easier to teach someone with a business degree
to
program than it is to teach somebody with a computer science degree how

to

produce financial statements and understand inventory control.

Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of

Jim

Oberholtzer
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:40 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: What's the median age of the developers in your shop?

Holger,

We are finding on the west coast of the US, California primarily but the
entire coast, is about half the developers working in the tech sector

never

went to additional schooling after high school. They get hired on, work
80-90 hours/week and in two years are as productive as 10 year vets in

the

industry. What they don't have is the industry and life experiences
needed
to produce applications that are effective in a business environment.
Companies are relying on those of us with some grey hair to provide that
perspective.

--
Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects

-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Holger Scherer
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:35 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: What's the median age of the developers in your shop?

Maybe this will help your determination - here in Germany i know of a lot
of
IBM i shops where >50% of the developers do not have any grade which is

IT

related...

-h

Am 11.06.15 um 23:29 schrieb Jim Oberholtzer:

This is but one small slice of data used to determine the suggested
directions.

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