On Apr 27, 2012, at 6:05 PM, Carsten Bormann wrote: > On Apr 27, 2012, at 16:41, Yoav Nir wrote: > >> Before 1950 2.9% >> 1950 - 1960 16.6% >> 1961 - 1970 33.7% >> 1971 - 1980 32.8% >> After 1980 14.0% > > Nice bell curve, יואב, but you can't pop that soap bubble of perception with the bluntness of raw data :-) Only 350 out of 1200 people answered the survey, so all caveats about bias apply. It's also possible that the 20-somethings tend to sit in the back more, and go to the microphone less. Maybe them young'uns are too busy clicking "Like" on pictures of LOL-cats :-) > Maybe just the areas where PHB likes to work in are growing old? :-) The old people in the security area do tend to look older than the old people in other areas. Maybe the bell curve for the security area is different. > Many of the people doing the real work in CoRE are in their 20s, or have left that age range just recently. And no, they aren't all academics. I think we have a healthy age mix, with some pretty good gray-haired input as well. > > I'm going to argue for an age column on the blue sheets so we get better data :-) > > Grüße, Carsten > > PS.: Please, don't take any of this seriously. Except for the CoRE age statistics. > Dave Cridland's observations also definitely don't apply to CoRE, except that we do have the stunning range of experience that makes the IETF so valuable. > > PPS.: Is the overall median really 42? Wait a couple of years, and most participants won't get why "42" is funny.