I'm 40, and this year I finally feel the pressure. I grew up in a world without google. My first instinct is to figure out a solution to the problem - and it's really hard to break that habit.

Although the strategy had served me well for a very long time, it just doesn't work these days. What's more important is one's ability to be resourceful - to google the quickest.

I don't mean that as a negative - some of these 25 year olds just blow my mind with how fast they can find the right code snippet that they need and integrate it using specialized IDEs. It's not that I can't do it, it's just not a skill that I have strength in. And, in a way, I doubt I can gain it.

The squeeze comes from salary and title. At the top of the pyramid, it's hard to gracefully slide down. This is a world where it's up or out.