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>> 33 years of software development. > Wait till you get older.

Presumably someone with 33 years of software development experience is around 50 years old. How old do you think someone needs to be before they are qualified to comment on trends in software development practices? 70 years old?

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He is correct though. Not only software, but lots of things are cyclical and come back in different forms. And you do have to have a few decades of life experience to be part of that.

I also would totally agree that companies should never just adapt "best practices" because those leads to super complex enterprise systems which are not necessary for most companies.

He saw OP's argumentum ad verecundiam and raised it.

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