* The author thinks startups are better than large companies
* The author thinks senior developers at large companies are older than startup developers --- else, why bring up age?
* Despite admonishing his protagonist to learn one new language per year, the author believes "career rust" is a problem of age --- else the story would have worked with a 28 year old dev still writing in PHP.
I've worked with many 28 old wring in PHP4. But, somehow, I feel that there is hope for them - someone 50 year old dog might show them the light.
I've made John 50 because I wanted to make it too late for him to fix things (although he still stands a pretty good chance to get back on track). Do not wait for something to happen. Stop repeating "Will read this book after the next release" - start reading now in you spare time.
Improving constantly is the main moral of this story. It has nothing to do with age.
* The author thinks startups are better than large companies
* The author thinks senior developers at large companies are older than startup developers --- else, why bring up age?
* Despite admonishing his protagonist to learn one new language per year, the author believes "career rust" is a problem of age --- else the story would have worked with a 28 year old dev still writing in PHP.
* The author really likes unit tests.