From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 2 0:49:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from implode.root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA2614C3C for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 00:49:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA01314; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 00:49:27 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199904020849.AAA01314@implode.root.com> To: Nocturne Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Feeling old In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 01 Apr 1999 18:50:59 PST." <37043093.E1801A18@uswest.net> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 00:49:27 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >For as long as I've been involved with computers, I've been told (in >essence) that only the young folks fresh out of college are capable of >writing great software. As if technological senility sets in by the >time you're 25. Then I see pictures of the core team and other well- >known members of the FreeBSD community and get confused. Then I see >all the young faces of the various groups in my area and begin to feel >old and even more confused. Does anyone really know the average age >of the core team and said peripheral contributors? I know the age >thing has been hashed endlessly, but each time the question has never >really been answered IMO. I'm 31. Jordan is a few years older. About 90% of the core team is in the 30-45 range. I think John Polstra is the oldest, but I don't know his exact age (somewhere in the mid 40s). I'd guess the average age of contributors is around 25-30 due to a large number of college aged people skewing the average downward a bit. I don't recall ever feeling technologically senile. :-) -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message