To argue the other side of the street, my son, age 26, recently left a job because the programmers working with him were (and this is a quote from a 'youngster') "Old dinosaurs who didn't know anything about data normalization, OOP or any recent programming designs". And he's Access and VB (I know, I failed somewhere :-)

However, the 'working an ungodly number of hours' suggestion is sure true. I won't do that anymore but it's "the way it is" for most people right out of college. Steve (my son) got a lot of grief for announcing he was leaving early every Wed. to coach Little League - even though he put in 12+ hour days the rest of the week.


>Hi Kenneth,
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>First, consider that since you went to high school, the principles hadn't been demphasized yet. That's a more recent occurrance.
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>Second, many companies like to hire recent graduates. This is because they're willing to work ungodly number of hours for long stretches. Well, that and I think the economics of what they're paid comes into the picture too.:-) Using that as a criteria, yeah, you are old.< g >
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>Of course, if you're old, I'm a dinosaur by comparison: 51. So don't feel too bad.
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>Now for any of you wondering about that rather youthful looking picture of me, yes, it is relatively recent. Only a touch more grey in the beard and hair. You're as young as you feel.:-)