Why don’t we see a decent number of grey-haired software developers in the industry? Where do all the programmers go when they are older? Do compani

When Do Programmers Retire? Is 35 the End?

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Why don’t we see a decent number of grey-haired software developers in the industry? Where do all the programmers go when they are older? Do companies cut out older programmers?

If a programmer in their 50s applies for a position with some in their 20s or 30s, how many companies will hire them? There are a lot of myths about this issue, and there are some hard truths too.

It’s certainly shocking to see 40, even 35, considered “old” sometimes. The term old is used here to mean when programmers plan to retire or switch their jobs.

I found some conflicting statistics among some surveys. In 2019 Stack Overflow surveyed 66,329 professional developers from all around the world. Here’s the result:

Of the total number of professional developers, 71.7% are under 35 years old and 85% are under 40 years old. This is unusual compared to almost any other profession in the world.

The survey also finds, from 50,705 responses, that the highest average age of developers in Australia and the United States is 32.8. The minimum average age is 25.9 in India.

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