On: Why You Should Hire an Old Programmer

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I know more this year than I did a year ago.

I will know more next year than I do today.

This will never stop.

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My grandmother knows less today than she did ten years ago.

[kronos29296 → sokoloff]

Most things in life are like Gaussian distribution. After a peak there is long decline. What matters is how long to the peak and how high it is.

[david-gpu → sokoloff]

We are talking of ordinary folks in their forties and fifties, not senescent folks in nursing homes.

[adrianN → david-gpu]

Then we shouldn't say "never".