Average age of software engineers for major international companies

Average age of software engineers for major international companies (IT staff should read good articles)

Many IT Enterprises in China do not know what senior people mean! A well-known Enterprise boss in China once said: technical staff over 35 years old in the IT industry will be eliminated, so do not use technical staff after 35 years old. As a result, the entire industry, especially in the software development industry, is rejecting people over 35 years old, and many engineers are worried about their future after the age of 35. Because many people think that the IT industry is an industry for young people, and software development is a meal of youth, it is useless after 35 years of age.

Many companies also boast in their own corporate publicity: the percentage of our enterprise's XX education or above, and the average age is 25 years old. If you think that your enterprise employee is younger, it is called a high-tech enterprise, and it is called creativity. In fact, I think this is a very naive idea. After hearing these ideas, I realized why few of our IT companies can become international corporations such as IBM and Microsoft.
Because many Chinese IT enterprises do not understand senior meanings at all!

I once received training from Intel. All the engineers I came from were over 40 years old. What kind of understanding is that I have been engaged in an industry for more than 20 years? Some people have white hair, and you cannot drop them. I once asked him what is your favorite thing. He replied that it was technology. I asked him if he had been doing technology for a long time. Aren't you bored? He smiled and said no. I understand what a senior person means, and I understand why they can do technology as well.

Why is it difficult for Chinese companies to surpass them in the short term? Because their company continues to grow to this day with the support of a large number of such senior engineers.

I have also worked in a Japanese company to understand what a workaholic is. Many Japanese are white-haired in their 30 s. If you see people who wear neat suits, bright ties, shave, walk straight, and look younger, but have white hair, most of them Japanese. Japanese enterprises generally do not easily dismiss employees, and the employee turnover rate is also very low. A person who has worked in an industry or major for decades or even a lifetime to serve an enterprise. A Japanese company writes a Word document seven or eight times. A punctuation mark cannot be entered incorrectly. The format must be in full compliance with the requirements. You even think that the subsequent changes are a waste of time, because we Chinese people think that they can clearly express the changes, but they cannot pass the Customs at all. After many such training sessions, you will understand what the Japanese Seiko operation is. The reason for the large gap between our industry and Japan, especially in the Seiko industry, I think it is very important that they have done a very fine job in everything, and the research in one industry is very deep. However, we are very impetuous, and the gap has been formed for a long time. It is just Mr. Hu Shi who said that there are almost too many Chinese people. This is the gap.

From the perspective of talent use in the IT industry, our country is generally younger and shorter. Most young people are engaged in technical development, and many people learn this today, which one to learn tomorrow, which one to learn quickly, and which industry to learn with high wages. In addition, frequent job hopping may lead to new jobs and new technologies in other enterprises. This kind of continuous switching is actually a waste of resources, so it is difficult to thoroughly study a technology and it is also a loss for the entire IT industry. Many enterprises also feel that their current employees do not have high loyalty to the company and they often change jobs. On the one hand, I think the biggest reason is the short-term benefits and short-sightedness of enterprises. Which one does not want stable development? But many enterprises use the youth of their employees. If they are younger (more than 35 years old), they think they cannot work, employees may be dismissed at any time. If you develop a project, you need to recruit people from that aspect. After the product is finished, you can hire many people. The nice thing is strategic downsizing. If you're not nice, you just need to get rid of it. If an enterprise does not support elder care, but the social elder care prospects are unclear, can everyone skip this step? Therefore, the whole society is in an impetuous stage. The reason for impetuousness is that we are used to falling behind for a long time and suddenly enter a rapid development period. We have seen many American wealth myths, so we are all suffering from red eye diseases and impetuous diseases. Can the impetuousness and short-sightedness of this industry create a large batch of senior professionals?

From the perspective of profit distribution, many IT enterprises in our country also have great problems. How many technical engineers can finally become rich? Li Yanhong is very rare, and he has gained value because he is a boss. It is difficult for many of our bosses to share the fruits of enterprise development with their employees, especially engineers. In the development phase, we respect you very much when we urgently need talents. When we are older, we will abandon it and will not allocate long-term benefits. Therefore, when many engineers are young, they are cool, tools, and youth meals. Many companies in the United States can leave no worries and worry about their future, because many of them hold shares in the company, that is, if you don't work in the future, you will be a millionaire. As long as the technology is strong, an engineer can continue to study in his professional field, without having to wait for the elders. It is difficult to achieve this.

From the perspective of value orientation, our official ideology has led many people to pursue management rather than technology. In many American enterprises, they are divided into two lines: Functions and technologies. A senior technician may not be a manager, but may earn a higher income than a manager because he is an expert in an industry. Managers mainly coordinate resources and implement the implementation of systems and plans. Senior technical personnel are responsible for technical implementation, avoiding technical risks, innovating, and developing competitive products. In China, if you are a technician, even if you are excellent, how many people can surpass your boss manager in terms of income, A new young MBA or a returnee who can speak a few English words can become your boss. The income is higher than yours, and the right to control resources is higher than yours.

If you are in China, you may not be able to lead a group of people in your 30 s, and you are still working on technology, others will think that you are quite awkward and will look down on you. If you are a manager, others will respect you very much immediately, which will lead to great distraction. Therefore, you have to climb up and become a manager, Senior Manager, Technical Director, and CTO to earn a high income, high position. However, after the upgrade, you cannot do technical research. As a result, many people perform management after a long technical period, and some do sales. In short, there are many people switching. If there is no title Left, others will think that it is useless. Therefore, China lacks senior technical personnel.

In the United States, high education is used for research, while in China, it is used to become an official, in order to gain a higher position in the workplace. In fact, many people also like to study technology, but the whole environment is like this. The values are in conflict with their personal preferences. In the end, the values are distorted and they can only give up their favorite professional pursuits for management. A sense of accomplishment in management is a high position, and a sense of accomplishment in technology is a product that is useful to society. So there are several Chinese officials remembered by history, but Yuan Longping will always be remembered by the latter and history.

In addition, in our enterprise, sometimes, in the opinion of superiors, if an engineer thinks that the technology is very good, it is necessary to upgrade you, but if it is upgraded, it will leave a specific technical position and manage people, no more technical research. This is also a waste of talents. In addition, many people are not good at communicating with others, and are not good at management. After being put up, we found that the management was a mess and we had to put it down again. In most cases, this outstanding technician finally chose to leave the company. Therefore, many of our companies can only upgrade to management positions to express their affirmation of a person, instead of specific technologies. Therefore, the idea of the official standard has been severely affected for thousands of years. As a result, our professional team is greatly weakened.

From the perspective of a person's growth, it is basically impossible to get a score within two or three years. It is against the natural law. After graduation, I spent the first two years in the mixed venture. The first three years were in the learning stage, the five years were in the basic maturity stage, and the eight years later was in the final stage. Unless it is a genius, most people develop at this stage. Assume that the university graduates are 23 years old and 31 years later. It is 35 years old before it is created. No one asked for it at the age of 35. Can this lead to senior personnel? Of course, if you are over 35 years old, you must be either a celebrity, a senior title, or a highly educated person. But how many people are there now? How many technical engineers can become celebrities? In the traditional industry, the age of 35 is the period of creation and the period of taking on the technical backbone. I wonder why it is unacceptable in the IT industry at the age of 35? Is it the misleading of the famous entrepreneur or the prejudice of the world?

Why is there such a point of view? In the past few years, it was just booming, and we started to develop it in China late and in a short time, so basically young people are developing technology, the University has trained a batch of college students to join the IT industry. It seems that many older people cannot keep up with the times, so the entrepreneur raised such feelings. But with the development of the times, this phenomenon will change.

Judging from the industry development trend, the IT industry now seems to be a high-tech industry, with the influx of young people constantly creating the myth of wealth. However, the IT industry is actually a big service industry. when it hardware technology matures, it will become a manufacturing industry. Therefore, the IT industry will become a traditional industry in the future. An emerging industry must eventually become a traditional industry, which is a historical rule. Many people now feel that the IT industry is not doing as well as it has been doing so for a few years ago, and it is hard to earn money. This is actually a natural phenomenon that regresses to the tradition. With this regression, the IT industry will develop for a long time, and the requirements of the traditional industry will also emerge, with the support of senior engineers.

To truly catch up with developed countries, such as the United States and Japan, we need to change our mindset. Fortunately, this point of view has changed.

Some big companies place great importance on experienced engineers with a large number of senior engineers over 30 years old. However, our senior engineers are their students compared with the IT power in the United States.

I used to think that people who have been doing Technology for nearly ten years are also senior. However, to solve the problem, I went to some technical forums in the United States to find the real cool people there. Many of them are Americans. Many of them are almost 40 years old and still engaged in technology. When I went there, I asked questions and students. In their personal profile, many people started to access computers in the s when they were very young. I have been connected to computers for 20 years. Can I compare them? This is the gap. Just like swimming, a person has been immersed in an industry for ten or even decades, is the ability and proficiency to solve problems caused by profound skills, and the ability to create performance comparable to a person who has only graduated for three years?

Of course, it technology is evolving rapidly, and new technologies are constantly innovating, dazzling. Today's Java, tomorrow. Point net, J2EE, JSP; strong learning ability is required, and the natural learning ability is reduced when the age is older. Young people naturally have brains and are creative. However, intelligence cannot replace experience, and in most cases, human IQ is not much different. Therefore, we cannot simply rely on this to deem that we have no experience or thinking ability.

Of course, there are some exceptions in the Internet industry, so some people say that the Internet industry is the industry in which our country is most likely to catch up with the United States. This point is also proved by the distribution of Chinese enterprises listed in the us nasdaq. However, there are still many ways to go in the software development and hardware design industries. These industry experiences are still very important and must be supported by senior engineers. The software development and hardware design industry is the true core and foundation of the IT industry and our weakness. Therefore, a large number of senior engineers are required in the future.

Therefore, do not be misled by others. You must see the historical development rules. Focus on sustained and persistent development.

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