“Especially in social media, cloud computing and mobile apps, if you’re over 40 you’re perceived to be over the hill,” Ms. Stadelman said.
Just as a counterpoint, I recently joined the ranks of a large social media company and was surprised to discover that 3/6 of the folks on the database engineering team (mysqlf included) are over 40, and all but one person is over 30.
NoSQL is also pretty serious business because what you are doing is deconstructing the relational database and assembling the bits that do the job that you need. A lot of NoSQL tools are marketed as doing far more than they really are capable of and you need real skills and knowledge of database internals to be able to navigate this treacherous area.
That's why you see so many blogs about companies changing core NoSQL technologies.
Just as a counterpoint, I recently joined the ranks of a large social media company and was surprised to discover that 3/6 of the folks on the database engineering team (mysqlf included) are over 40, and all but one person is over 30.