Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Phlip
Date : Wed Aug 17 2005 06:23 am

Donald Roby wrote:

> Chris Hills wrote:
>
>> 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.

Wow. You figured out how to say that without introducing friction by playing 
the race card. I'll make a note of it!

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