This willingness to ignore the experience of older computerists is a symptom of the wider problem that Alan Kay has referred to when he says that computing is a "pop culture" -- one that ignores much of the historic work gone before it, and only gives value to that in recent / living memory.
On the other hand, few (younger) people have got the sensibility/ability to befriend an older person in the workplace and learn from their experience. I have, and it's been valuable in getting the perspective.
If you're lucky, you too will get old in life, and be subject to the ills that you now see around you perpetrated on older people.
On the other hand, few (younger) people have got the sensibility/ability to befriend an older person in the workplace and learn from their experience. I have, and it's been valuable in getting the perspective.
If you're lucky, you too will get old in life, and be subject to the ills that you now see around you perpetrated on older people.