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Is 40 the New 60? How Popular Media Portrays the Employability of Older Software Developers
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We studied the public discourse around age and software development, focusing on the United States. This work was designed to build awareness among decision makers in software projects to help them anticipate and mitigate challenges that their older employees may face.
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- Authors
- Baltes, S., Park, G., & Serebrenik, A.
- Affiliations
- QAware Gmb, Germany
- Software Engineering, Itility B.V.
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- Venue
- IEEE Software
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 26-31
- ISSN
- 0740-7459 (ISSN-L)
- 1937-4194
- OpenAlex
- W3015797599
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 5.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- research.tue.nl
- Licence
- Locations
- IEEE Software (publishedVersion)
- TU/e Research Portal (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- TU/e Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Social Sciences › Life-span and Life-course Studies › Generational Differences and Trends
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- employability, age discrimination, media representation, aging workforce, software development workforce
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