Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 07:04:07 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: dg@root.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Feeling old Message-ID: <3704CE57.86BB6E8B@thuntek.net> References: <199904020849.AAA01314@implode.root.com> <3704C50D.D865460B@uswest.net>
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Nocturne wrote: > > David Greenman wrote: > > > > >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. :-) > > Oh good, I don't feel so old anymore. I do have one more question, > though: Is there some rule stating that one must sport face-fur? I > don't think I've ever seen such a concentration of human whiskers in > my life. :-) > No, but one source has it that if you don't, you get doused with special hair-restorer until you have an afro... Which is worse??? -- Don Wilde "clean shaven" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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