[rafiki6]

This is also the case in software "engineering". Don't assume a code monkey who's 22 and can produce a piece of software with heaps worth of technical debt is a master of anything. The best software engineers in the world are generally mid-career (40-50) and have gone through lots of large projects in several different roles.

Just because our industry doesn't want to acknowledge that, doesn't make it less true.

[softwarefounder]

Anecdotally, will say age doesn't matter, but at least 7+ years of experience across different projects and languages.