Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths To : comp.programming,comp.software-eng From : Chris Sonnack Date : Tue Aug 16 2005 10:46 pm Donald Roby writes: >> However age is important. You don't usually put a 55 year old in a team >> of 25 year olds with a 30 year old team leader. (ask any parent of >> students) > > I'm not a parent of students, so I may be missing some specific > expertise here, but I don't see an obvious issue where you seem to think > it's obvious. > > There's no reason a 55 year old can't work well with people much younger > or be led by people much younger, and if a 30 year old team leader isn't > up to leading someone older, then he's really not much of a leader. I have to agree. I'll be 50 in less than a month, my Project Leader is 25 and several of our team are in their 20's, our Supervisor is my age, and our Manager is 40-something. We work *great* together. -- |_ CJSonnack _____________| How's my programming? | |_ http://www.Sonnack.com/ ___________________| Call: 1-800-DEV-NULL | |_____________________________________________|_______________________| .