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by _delirium 4693 days ago
There is no world in which someone who first started a web company in the late 1990s is a "veteran", though, not even in tech. JWZ is more of a veteran than Sergey Brin is.

Even if you arbitrarily want to restrict your scope to Googlers: Peter Norvig, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson are decent examples of veteran technologists who've seen a few changes of both technical and business environments, and have some basis for comparison. Brin, Zuckerberg, and Page don't really have that kind of experience.
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temphn 4693 days ago
This is a bit comical. Brin, Zuckerberg, and Page don't have the "experience" that JWZ does? I think your statement can only hold if you define "veteran" on the basis of sheer age. I think JWZ would be the first to tell you that he has less experience with different "technical and business environments" than Larry Page, who has run Google Search, Mail, Maps, Android, Chrome, etc. since founding the company 15 years ago...
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cgshaw 4693 days ago
That's why I used the quotes.

I was more or less trying to draw the distinction that in some fields, sports, entertainment, and at least some technology enterprises youth wins out. Recently it was determined that by industry, technology is one of the "youngest" industries with an average ago of 30. That puts tech close to retail and food service.

I think it was Forbes, I can't find the link though.

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