When I started programming everyone was rather young. So it was sort of correct when the media spoke of whiz kids that run circles around the elderly when it came to technology. There were a lot of us.

Now time has passed and there’s a lot of us older people. So is it an industry of middle aged people now? Or are we expiring and just waiting to be replaced by someone younger?

I suppose it’s about perception. When I was young many people in the industry were young, now they are all older, and while there are of course younger people coming in, the perception must have changed about who the hackers are these days.