Meanwhile, at 59 I'm the youngster in a software start-up where the mean age of the other three is around 80. We've got the technology and the smarts to automate finding latent bugs in software, including the kinds of bugs that produce security problems that plague the software industry.
It's nothing that would appeal to kids looking to develop the next Facebook or Angry Birds, but it has a potential market in the many billions. Let them eat HTML!
On the Internet, no one can tell if you’re a dog. But somehow they can tell if you’re over 23.
Meanwhile, at 59 I’m the youngster in a software start-up where the mean age of the other three is around 80. We’ve got the technology and the smarts to automate finding latent bugs in software, including the kinds of bugs that produce security problems that plague the software industry.
It’s nothing that would appeal to kids looking to develop the next Facebook or Angry Birds, but it has a potential market in the many billions. Let them eat HTML!
You got that right.
A lot of what passes for software development these days is pretty sketchy.
Kind of like the fast food of the computer world.
And since a lot of the current computer applications are 100% consumer entertainment driven and the coding is not very difficult , the developers tend to be very much like people in the entertainment industry- similar people for similar audience.
If you are developing consumer apps for teeny boppers, it helps to have teeny boppers in the development process who understand the target markets.
On the other hand, if you are developing a travel guide for retirees, it may be a good idea to have a bunch of travel obsessed retirees in the mix.
Since most of the early adopters in the digital zone tend to be younger, the development talents tends to be on the younger side as well to better align with the target market.
On the other hand, in a lot of industries such as military aerospace, there are not a lot of engineers and technicians under the age of 40 who know their a** from a hole in the ground.