Greybeard here. Whenever a younger colleague is picking on code that I wrote age...

kieckerjan on Aug 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Coding as a greybeard

Greybeard here. Whenever a younger colleague is picking on code that I wrote ages ago (and which is not up to modern standards, never mind that it worked for 15+ years without complaints) I reply: "listen buddy, I have bugs that are older than you." In some cases it it not even untrue. Self-deprecating sarcasm is one of the prerogatives of a greybeard.

zach_garwood on Aug 2, 2022 [–]

I recently worked with a 21 year old and I once told her that "I've been releasing bugs since you were in diapers!"