Thinking about the length of engineering careers after university dinner where I met our chancellor, who was my age approx when I was born.
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In many intellectual endeavors, you start to really hit your stride around mid-career at 45 or 50, with 20+ good years to go.
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Meanwhile in tech, last year I got asked (in dead seriousness) whether I considered myself a failure given no IPO/exit by age 30.
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I think this is partially informed by the way that developers get drummed out of the profession faster than any similar professional career.
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Like, you're "allowed" to be a programmer until you can do one other thing, but then people always call you by that other thing.
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A lawyer who manages people is a lawyer, a doctor who manages people is a doctor, a dev who manages people is a manager.
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And our community does it to ourselves, too! "Nope nope nope I don't want to go into management *spit* leverage is for rich people."
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I meet SV 26 year olds who worry about opportunity cost of having burnt 2 years on a cratered startup. My mind it boggles.
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I mean two years of your life is a precious thing so don't actively waste it but that's like half an inning if that.
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On reflection I don't know whether it was half an inning or not but the analogy I understand would have involved Stranglethorn Jungle.
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Replying to @felixgallo
This tweet storm brought to you by Cuba Libre, sorry, and with how little I drink one Cuba Libre makes me Jack Sparrow.
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