Similarity – Baseball is at a stage where players have now been around for 20 some years, just like some of the heavy hitters (pun intended) in .NET have been around Windows for some time now.
Difference – Baseball players like to play catch. Developers tend to always be playing catch up, even when a project manager thinks there is plenty of times.
Similarity – The great baseball players try to get together to form better teams or work out groups. We have seen many times in .NET that there are banks of great developers that band together to create an environment that is right for them.
Difference – Baseball players hit things for a living. If a .NET developer hit things for a living, they would probably be sued.
Similarity – Baseball players tend to strike out quite a bit. So do .NET developers, or any computer person for that matter.
Difference – People pay good money to see baseball players at work. I will guarantee that no person in their right mind will come to watch me at work. Ever!
Similarity – Once baseball players get to a certain age they let the younger guys fill in for them and they start to step out of the lime light. Once a .NET developer gets to a certain age, they usually start to move to a manager role (see any similarity yet?), or they start to step out of the lead role and let some younger person take over.
Difference – Baseball players usually only last a couple of years. Most developers last much longer than that.
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