http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Thu, 17 May 2012 14:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html/comment-page-1#comment-7501 John Tyson Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:26:58 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=355#comment-7501 Age may be a barrier, but I won't hold it against the young ones. Age may be a barrier, but I won’t hold it against the young ones.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html/comment-page-1#comment-7497 Can Anyone That Old Know Anything? | Hiring Technical People Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:37:17 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=355#comment-7497 [...] of you who have read Age and Agile are Orthogonal know what I think about age and agile. It’s not how old you are. It’s about how well [...] [...] of you who have read Age and Agile are Orthogonal know what I think about age and agile. It’s not how old you are. It’s about how well [...]

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html/comment-page-1#comment-3461 Hiring Technical People » Why is Ageism Alive and Well? Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:59:11 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=355#comment-3461 [...] I have more than one hand’s worth  of data, including, Age and Agile Are Orthogonal, I decided I wasn’t nuts about this, and people in our industry are discriminating about [...] [...] I have more than one hand’s worth  of data, including, Age and Agile Are Orthogonal, I decided I wasn’t nuts about this, and people in our industry are discriminating about [...]

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html/comment-page-1#comment-196 George Dinwiddie Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:00:33 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=355#comment-196 Boy, is that the truth. I've had the pleasure of introducing young managers (approximately the age of my son) to agile practices. Boy, is that the truth. I’ve had the pleasure of introducing young managers (approximately the age of my son) to agile practices.

]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html/comment-page-1#comment-195 PierG Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:08:14 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=355#comment-195 GREAT!! I'm 40 and I don't like to be thought as someone who cant change! PierG http://pierg.wordpress.com GREAT!! I’m 40 and I don’t like to be thought as someone who cant change!
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]]> http://www.jrothman.com/blog/htp/2007/03/age-and-agile-are-orthogonal.html/comment-page-1#comment-194 Ajit de Silva Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:19:09 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=355#comment-194 Age is no barrier! It is a figment of the mind. I am 47 and I manage a group of young developers. They are agile in thinking one dimensionally but I am also agile thinking multi-dimensionally. Sometimes, I see "solutions" with data that is always a "Aha!" for them. Sometimes, I learn from them. By working with young people, I keep my mind in agile mode. If my physical body could hold to eighty years, I will still be managing software developers. At least, I wish to do this for a purpose and it drives me forward. I guess that is being agile. Age is no barrier! It is a figment of the mind. I am 47 and I manage a group of young developers.
They are agile in thinking one dimensionally but I am also agile thinking multi-dimensionally. Sometimes, I see “solutions” with data that is always a “Aha!” for them. Sometimes, I learn from them. By working with young people, I keep my mind in agile mode.
If my physical body could hold to eighty years, I will still be managing software developers. At least, I wish to do this for a purpose and it drives me forward. I guess that is being agile.

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