[malaporte]

Maybe we should stop putting all older engineers in the same basket, and same thing goes for the younger ones.

I've known some older engineers (older than me, heh) make crap decisions because they didn't like change.

Then I've seen younger engineers completely mess up good, maintainable code because they think that knowing one language makes them masters of software development.

I try not to hire any of those two persons.

BUT, I've also seen young programmers completely fail because they couldn't adapt to a newer (or older...) technology.

And I know some very much older programmers who are constantly reading up about new stuff, and loving it.

Bottom line, look at who you're hiring, not only how old they are.

[nailer]

> Maybe we should stop putting all older engineers in the same basket, and same thing goes for the younger ones.

I don't think we are. I for one judge individuals as individuals. That doesn't mean we can't observe the wider group and make observations.

> Bottom line, look at who you're hiring, not only how old they are.

Of course.