Look at that actual article, reporting, and data it is based upon.
Try working with some older people. My last corporate team -- one of the most senior and advanced in a major corporation, and carrying some of the most critical work -- was more than 50% "older developers".
Best team I worked on. Most competent. Least bullshit. "Get 'er done" -- and don't unduly fuck over the future while you're at it.
Meanwhile, another part of the corporation was busy off-shoring as much as they could to lower cost developers in India. You'd spend months in meetings and one-on-one training, and they still wouldn't get it. And these were -- a bit different than the norm -- direct employees, not contractors. Mostly in their 20's and 30's.
I'm not saying there aren't good, competent people in India -- or from India, or whatever.
I'm saying that these "employment transition" actions aren't about that. "Better" employees.
It's not the competence -- nor the flexibility and learning; my team was doing both all the time.
Try working with some older people. My last corporate team -- one of the most senior and advanced in a major corporation, and carrying some of the most critical work -- was more than 50% "older developers".
Best team I worked on. Most competent. Least bullshit. "Get 'er done" -- and don't unduly fuck over the future while you're at it.
Meanwhile, another part of the corporation was busy off-shoring as much as they could to lower cost developers in India. You'd spend months in meetings and one-on-one training, and they still wouldn't get it. And these were -- a bit different than the norm -- direct employees, not contractors. Mostly in their 20's and 30's.
I'm not saying there aren't good, competent people in India -- or from India, or whatever.
I'm saying that these "employment transition" actions aren't about that. "Better" employees.
It's not the competence -- nor the flexibility and learning; my team was doing both all the time.
It's the money.