I'd work on being more humble, and open-minded, especially considering your lack of experience. This is one of the more ridiculous posts I've read on HN.
Maybe you should practice what you preach. I'm 34 now and I'd side with the OP on this.
I did a similar thing on my first job: took their web app codebase and totally remade it in the first couple of months, with demonstrable gains on efficiency (Mind it: it was the first web application made by some guys whose previous experience was in Sybase PowerBuilder). I was given a raise the same week I demoed it to my bosses.
I still do programming and I'm still being humbled frequently by the awesome things some of my younger coworkers code effortlessly.
I also share with OP the impression that 8 hours coding as a daily thing is totally overkill. That's suited for factory work where every minute you're not cranking out stuff means losses.
My 'sweet spot' for coding seems to top at 4 hours, a few hours resting and then maybe another couple hours at the end of the day if I feel like I found a better way to do it.
Fortunately I have flexible hours where I work, but I'm still suppossed to put in 8h every day. The result is: when things go well, I complete my tasks and are left with at least 3 hours a day where I'm supposed to be working (so: no relax, no rest, you're on the clock); and when things are not going so well, mostly due to planning mistakes from high up, I have to put in my 8 hours, and then some more.
So please, go tell to be more open-minded to the right people, and let people work to the best of their abilities.
I did a similar thing on my first job: took their web app codebase and totally remade it in the first couple of months, with demonstrable gains on efficiency (Mind it: it was the first web application made by some guys whose previous experience was in Sybase PowerBuilder). I was given a raise the same week I demoed it to my bosses.
I still do programming and I'm still being humbled frequently by the awesome things some of my younger coworkers code effortlessly.
I also share with OP the impression that 8 hours coding as a daily thing is totally overkill. That's suited for factory work where every minute you're not cranking out stuff means losses.
My 'sweet spot' for coding seems to top at 4 hours, a few hours resting and then maybe another couple hours at the end of the day if I feel like I found a better way to do it.
Fortunately I have flexible hours where I work, but I'm still suppossed to put in 8h every day. The result is: when things go well, I complete my tasks and are left with at least 3 hours a day where I'm supposed to be working (so: no relax, no rest, you're on the clock); and when things are not going so well, mostly due to planning mistakes from high up, I have to put in my 8 hours, and then some more.
So please, go tell to be more open-minded to the right people, and let people work to the best of their abilities.