Older Programmers

Just read an interesting article which included this comment:

There is also a belief that older programmers “lose the edge.” That belief is mistaken in my opinion; older programmers may not burn as much midnight oil as younger ones, but that’s not because they are old, but because they get the job done without having to stay up past midnight.

(Michi Henning, “API Design Matters”, Communications of the ACM May 2009 Volume 52, Number 5)

Something to aspire to, perhaps …