Last weeks survey showed we are a "senior weighted" group.
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OriginalGriff wrote:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
dandy72 wrote:
OriginalGriff wrote:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
Yup! We are never too old to do something stupid!
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Yeah, maybe only old people voluntarily complete weekly surveys Nap time :zzz:
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Last survey week just showed a "senior weighted" group answered last survey week :) To find out the true age distribution of Code Project users. We would have to carry out a survey on a random sample or carry out a census.
Sorry for my bad English
Given a random sample is unlikely, it might be of more interest to look at the demographics of those who post messages in response to a survey. Perhaps, for that cohort, considering years on CP, as well as (if available) biological age, could be interesting. Part of the "elephant in the room" may be that a large group of people never see the surveys because they don't visit the home page, or, see them, but, just never "do" surveys.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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OriginalGriff wrote:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
Me too!
Old Man Trouble
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An alternate view in places:
- The things you bought 20 years ago are still working. The crap you buy today dies a week later.
- Everything you learn now seems like the hard way to accomplish something. Why can't it be simple like it used to be?
- People no longer view you as interesting in any way.
- You avoid parties because you just want to go to bed early.
- Your friends are dead.
Software Zen:
delete this;Not so much an alternative as Additions
Old Man Trouble
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Not so much an alternative as Additions
Old Man Trouble
... or the list when you're in grumpy old :elephant: mode, like I was when I wrote it
Software Zen:
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dandy72 wrote:
OriginalGriff wrote:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
Yup! We are never too old to do something stupid!
BryanFazekas wrote:
We are never too old to do something stupid!
That described my first couple of years programming in C#/.NET. After a long history of writing C++/MFC apps it was tough. I was either re-inventing the wheel (there is a prodigious amount of stuff in .NET, even in the 3.5 days), or I was trying to use C++/MFC best practices in C#/.NET/WPF. Ironically, those 'best practices' eventually caused me to buy a .NET memory profiler, stop development for about three months, and rework a metric crap-ton of code.
Software Zen:
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Last survey week just showed a "senior weighted" group answered last survey week :) To find out the true age distribution of Code Project users. We would have to carry out a survey on a random sample or carry out a census.
Sorry for my bad English
I seem to remember your birthdate was an optional part of your profile at one time. It seems to have been removed, unfortunately (for this circumstance). We could have curried the member list for active members and charted their ages.
Software Zen:
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
One more: * The extended warranty on your gadgets is longer than your warranty :sigh:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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dandy72 wrote:
OriginalGriff wrote:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
Yup! We are never too old to do something stupid!
As an old timer (64), I know that experience provides the ability to spot a mistake when you make it, again.
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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I'm old and retired but I love programming enough that I regularly spend 3 or 4 hours a day coding and understand what I am doing so much more than I ever did before. I'm not available for hire though because no way will I work more than those 3 or 4 hours.
john morrison leon wrote:
I'm not available for hire though because no way will I work more than those 3 or 4 hours.
That should not be a big problem. You are probably going to be more productive than some working 8-10 hours ;)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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An alternate view in places:
- The things you bought 20 years ago are still working. The crap you buy today dies a week later.
- Everything you learn now seems like the hard way to accomplish something. Why can't it be simple like it used to be?
- People no longer view you as interesting in any way.
- You avoid parties because you just want to go to bed early.
- Your friends are dead.
Software Zen:
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You avoid parties because you just want to go to bed early.
President Reagan said (paraphrasing from memory), "You know you're getting old when you have two ways to get into trouble, and you pick the one that gets you home before 9 o'clock."
Cheers, Mike Fidler "I intend to live forever - so far, so good." Steven Wright "I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she left me before we met." Also Steven Wright "I'm addicted to placebos. I could quit, but it wouldn't matter." Steven Wright yet again.
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
As one of the seniors I wanted to respond to this... but seems I don't remember now exactly what I wanted to say other than I *do* purchase things and think "the last one I'll ever need to buy - barring misadventure". One must always allow for misadventure. Time for my mid-morning nap before refactoring some NHibernate.
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
I have T-shirts that are older than many of the engineers that I work with these days. It amazes them that I instantly have solutions to almost all of their programming problems. I'm getting bored with saying "been there, done that."
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So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
In my case, since my first language learnt was FORTRAN IV, All code written today in a language like C#, resembles the FORTRAN coding paradigm.
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I seem to remember your birthdate was an optional part of your profile at one time. It seems to have been removed, unfortunately (for this circumstance). We could have curried the member list for active members and charted their ages.
Software Zen:
delete this; -
So for the younger elements, here are some of the advantages of increased seniority:* The things you buy won't wear out.
- There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- You can have a party and the neighbours don't even notice.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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dandy72 wrote:
OriginalGriff wrote:
There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
I don't know about you, but I'm totally bucking that trend.
Yup! We are never too old to do something stupid!
The birthday card I got my friend a few weeks back summed that up perfectly: Old Enough to Know Better Young Enough Not To Care Stupid Enough To Do It Anyway 🤣🤣🤣
