Re: whats the average age of programmers on here

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From: Muhammad Imran (Imran_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:33:04 -0800

Obviously Older Developers saw the dawn of Java when they were too deep sunk
in the sand of C++ so they thought it wise, not to become a "rolling stone"
or "worshiper of every new rising sun". Switching career at these ages are
like going back to zero (Please dont pick this line literally. Though
Java/.NET are similar, switcj=hing language opens a whole new arena of
hardware/IDEs/Customers/Psychlogy/Relations/Salaries and you keep on adding)

Muhammad Imran
Islamabad, Pakistan
Age 24
Professional Softwrae Developer since age of 19.
Languages: VisualFoxpro, VB6/.NET, J2SE, OracleDeveloper, ASP3

"Sean Hederman" wrote:

> The question would then be why do you think they use .NET instead of Java? I
> mean, is there something about .NET that you think attracts older
> developers? Or perhaps something about Java that repels them? Or perhaps
> what you're just seeing is a standard developer age cross-section? Have you
> attempted this poll on the Java newsgroups and compared the results? In
> addition I'm interested in the huge leap you make when you say that ".NET is
> just a way for old COM C++ programmers to do Java". Given even a full
> sampling of ages from both the Java communities and .NET communities that
> backed up your (incorrect) calculation in the first line, how do these
> results translate to determining the reasons for your assumed age gap?
>
> *sniff sniff*, definate troll smell in the air.
>
> I'm 30 BTW.
>
> "Super Fan" <hawks@win.next.year> wrote in message
> news:58oEd.3181$pZ4.2727@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> >
> > No, what I mean is that the average age of .net programmers is like 50.
> >
> > Which makes me think that all the younger programmers use java, and .net
> > is just a way for old COM c++ programmers to do java.
> >
> >
> >
> > alejandro lapeyre wrote:
> >> so old?
> >>
> >> I have not seen any entry above 80 yet!
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Alejandro Lapeyre
> >>
> >> "Super Fan" <hawks@win.next.year> escribió en el mensaje
> >> news:8CkEd.2951$pZ4.2700@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> >>
> >>>Why are .net programmers so /old/ anyway ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>José Joye wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>40
> >>>>
> >>>>- José
> >>>>
> >>>>"Bryan Martin" <spam@myplaceinspace.com> a écrit dans le message de
> >>>>news: RzzDd.4515$hQ6.337379@twister.southeast.rr.com...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>25
> >>>>>
> >>>>>"basecamp" <basecamp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>news:18BEF118-61E6-4C04-940F-F069E06D5398@microsoft.com...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>just checking the average age of programmers using this group
> >>>>>>--
> >>>>>>thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
>
>
>

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