Career paths for ageing Software Developers

Jason Gorman wrote a great <a href="http://codemanship.co.uk/parlezuml/blog/?postid=1506" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">blog post</a> that was inspired by Kent Beck’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/over-qualification-wut/1671791376187053/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">post</a> about ageism in software development. I would like to expand on their thoughts and add my own perspective. When software developers reach a certain age, usually somewhere between 40 and 50, their career path commonly take one of two directions. Either they get “promoted” to become managers or they stay as developers but lose their drive to develop their skills further and keep up with new technologies, practices and tools. A third career path, which I rarely see, would be to continue writing code, but keep growing in the developer role, gain more experience and skills and be more valuable to their employers. <a href="https://medium.com/@pwigle/career-paths-for-ageing-software-developers-369f5f6c9a21">Read More</a>