A technologist currently working in eHealth, loves to code, grow new developers and solve new problems leveraging old technology approaches.
I love opensource & knowledge sharing
Location
Kampala, Uganda
Education
BSc Civil Engineering
Work
Problem Solver and Solutions Strategist at Styx Technology Group
To answer this I will use myself as an example: I am in my 40's and I seem to be one of the oldest developers around - we are very few. About 6 years ago I took a detour into management for 3 years - totally hated burnt out, and returned to active development.
However I am clearly defining my role, as a bridge between technology and business (in this case health program implementation), and I enjoy it very much, since it provides great leverage for my experience and skillset.
The key challenges are the fast moving technology (especially the Javascript world), with a short lifespan 18 months and lots of churn which I am struggling to pickup and also understand their place in the world, since the systems I work with tend to have a lifespan of 5 - 7 years in production.
The older devs are there - hidden in management, team leads and supporting business goals. There are few who stay actively coding due to a shortage of support systems to keep them there and leverage their experience and skillsets
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To answer this I will use myself as an example: I am in my 40's and I seem to be one of the oldest developers around - we are very few. About 6 years ago I took a detour into management for 3 years - totally hated burnt out, and returned to active development.
However I am clearly defining my role, as a bridge between technology and business (in this case health program implementation), and I enjoy it very much, since it provides great leverage for my experience and skillset.
The key challenges are the fast moving technology (especially the Javascript world), with a short lifespan 18 months and lots of churn which I am struggling to pickup and also understand their place in the world, since the systems I work with tend to have a lifespan of 5 - 7 years in production.
The older devs are there - hidden in management, team leads and supporting business goals. There are few who stay actively coding due to a shortage of support systems to keep them there and leverage their experience and skillsets