Do Software Engineers Age like Wine... or Milk?
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Survey numbers show more nuance: Stack Overflow has 45,000 respondents in 2020, Packt reports 4,000 in 2019, and Evans Data models 22 million developers worldwide with about 25% under 30 and 20% over 45. The claim is that engineers “age like wine” if they maintain T-shaped knowledge, soft skills, mentoring and deliberate career tracks (engineering, management, product or hybrid). Practical advice includes switching teams before stagnation and choosing the right tools for real problems.
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