Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : William
Date : Fri Aug 19 2005 02:15 pm

"Chris Hills" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message
news:LFggyGBEhQBDFAua@phaedsys.demon.co.uk...
> In article <57ydnb2Jy9tQbpneRVn-tw@giganews.com>, William
> <Reply@NewsGroup.Please> writes
> >"Chris Hills" <chris@phaedsys.org> wrote in message
> >news:$VutWlB6dgADFAhK@phaedsys.demon.co.uk...
> >>
> >> 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)
> >
> >That's why the military doesn't put 45 year old Master Sergeants
> >in a team lead by a 25 year old Lieutenant... Oh, wait a minute,
> >they do! Hmmm... :-)
>
> Very different scenario.

Only for small values of team leaders. (What you described
has pretty much been my career since the late 80s, and if
you are getting 25 and 30 year olds who still act like
students, maybe that's the problem.) -Wm

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