In Silicon Valley, age can be a curse

[haele]

13. Most chess masters under 30? or just the publicized ones? Zuckerberg, you're either a tool -

Or pretending you're going to be "forever young", 'cause we all know that life is like the movie "Logan's Run", where only the rich and pretty can afford to exist beyond the age of 30.
Or perhaps you're both.

BTW, pop culture has always hyped the "child genius" model of hero. That's because the target demographic for people wanting to sell mass amounts of crapola is mainly comprised of the young and full-of-themselves who are willing to buy because they're being flattered.
I find that young engineers are more likely to make mistakes by taking random shortcuts because they think they "know the rules", but don't really understand why the rules were in place. Physics is still the Law, and by Dog, it's still going to be followed until Technology advances enough to tweek it a bit.

True, to compensate for mistakes through inexperience, they are more able (or willing) to work 72-hour straight weeks every other month or so to fix those mistakes in judgment. Older engineers are not going to make those sorts of mistake.

Still, Mr. Zuckerberg - don't mistake being attractive, lucky or energetic for being "smarter".

Haele