[delinka]

I am a digital native. I grew up with a computer. I obtained digital connectivity through acquaintances and friends. I got "online" before the Internet existed. I was on a team that wrote one of the first Internet-enabled fantasy sports websites. I've watched my peers (some younger, some older) re-invent the breakthroughs of the 1960s and 1970s and call it these reinventions "brand new."

I am a digital native with decades of experience living in the digital frontiers. Yes, plural.

[ukigumo]

Likewise, and also quite likely we are some of many thousands. Unfortunately I think in this case there are some people re-inventing the meaning of "digital" to signify young.

Enough grumpiness for one day, I'll go organize my Casio collection now.

[walshemj]

so do you think Bill Gates and Woz would qualify :-)

[raverbashing]

Neither Woz nor Bill Gates used Agile and TDD in their developments

Neither knows what "the market" demands, no Ruby, no JS, no Java, etc. Maybe they know C, Fortran or 6502/8080 Assembly (recruiter rolls eyes)

So, "thanks for your time and we'll contact you"

[walshemj]

I recently called up a recruiter who was looking for a C++ developer to port some Fortran CFD code - realy just for a laugh.

Though why the cant they give a developer a copy of McCracken and tell them to learn the language - which was what I did when I left school

[0xdeadbeefbabe]

You are supposed to abandon logic before tossing "digital native" around, so I'm not sure you are using it in the same context as the article.