programmer's life span?.

[softtouch]

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It's good to hear your doing well in the programming field, so I assume you have some programmers under you now since you no longer need to program? Am I correct?

No, I did and do all myself.
But back on topic. This topic is not about me.

[silent-kill]

well ive read somewhere that an employed programmer is only good/effective for 7 years...

http://www.igeek.com/articles/Career...reEngineer.txt
any inputs on this

[simoncpu]

I think it's very cool to see a 60-year old programmer with long white hair and beard. I think it's very, very cool. The programmer would look like a wizard in the truest sense... Just think of a Unix kernel hacker that looks like Gandalf.... coooool.

[wilverain]

well ive read somewhere that an employed programmer is only good/effective for 7 years...

Perhaps thats the average . . . for me it depends on the type of projects or company you have worked with. If it has exhausted you much or overused you, then you might think of laying low . . . I'll be turning 8yrs of programming experience this year, and I felt there are still so many things to try and build, thats why right now I'm working with two companies both as a programmer, then naa pakoy freelance hehehe. I'll tell you soon when I'll get exhausted bwahahahaha.

[wilverain]

current_career = "programmer";
while(Still_Breathing)
{
age++;
if(successful_projects)
{
salary++;
next_career = (promoted == true) ? "Manager/Consultant" : current_career;
if(next_career != current_career) break;
}
else
{
enthusiasm--;
try
{
if(enthusiasm <= 0)
{
Try_SomethingElse();
}
}
catch()
{
//pag care giver nalang
}
}
}

[softtouch]

And in Delphi:

current_career := 'programmer';
while still_breathing do
begin
inc(age);
if successful_projects do
begin
inc(salary);
if promoted then next_career := 'Manager/Consultant' else next_career := current_career;
if next_career <> current_career then break;
end
else
begin
dec(enthusiasm);
try
if enthusiasm <= 0 then Try_SomethingElse;
except
// pag care giver nalang
end;
end;
end;

[silent-kill]

heheeheh got enthusiasm--; cuz my last company was a failure heeheh but ill bounce back..

heres mine..

current_career = "programmer";
while(Still_Breathing)
{
age++;
if(successful_projects)
{
salary++;
next_career = (promoted == true) ? "Manager/Consultant" : current_career;
if(next_career != current_career) break;
}
else
{
enthusiasm--;
try
{
if(enthusiasm <= 0)
{
Try_SomethingElse();
}
}
catch()
{
//pag care giver nalang cheesy
}
}

saveMoney();
if(money > MoreThanEnough)
break;
}

[dlanyer77]

well ive read somewhere that an employed programmer is only good/effective for 7 years...

there is no limit being an excellent programmer. unless you stop learning and if you stop learning you become obsolete and if that happens you lost your job.

[INFRACTION]

nice code hehe i like the pag care giver part haha

[simoncpu]

Yepp, except for the if(money > MoreThanEnough) part. IMHO, it ought to be:

if(this.money.amount > this.money.desire) {
  this.money.invest(this.money.amount -= investments);
  this.money.doBusiness(this.money.amount -= capital);
}

if(this.money.amount > this.money.desire) { // still have enough money left
  this.money.donateCharity(this.money.amount -= donation);
  this.money.setupFoundation(this.money.amount - this.money.desire); // don't use -= here to stay away from operator precedence issues
  this.money.amount = this.money.desire;
}

this.money.desire = this.money.amount; // the key to happiness, notwithstanding the technically equivalent statement prior to this