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by BLKNSLVR 324 days ago
Interesting that the current President is 79 years old (and will be 82 by the end of his term) and he took over from someone who was also 82 at the end of their term.

Given that, software work at 67 should be well within cognitive limits.

(I'm actually not sure if I'm being sarcastic)

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They have lots of supporting staff, mostly younger than themselves, to do the heavy lifting. Some politicians developing dementia while holding office must practically be puppeteered through term by their staff. See https://theintercept.com/2023/09/12/national-security-dement...
Good lord. Depressing. There's no way they should be holding such positions of responsibility.
If we put our senior devs on it, we can finally beat Medicare!