But I am still happy to read it again. I think we need to constantly remind ourselves with advice like this. I am going to print this essay now and give copies to my wife and kids.

Sure - my comment was not a negative. The date should be in the post title though, when it's something so old (hah, 3 years old? that's ancient! What the internet does to us, eh...)

I re-read it a few days ago and thought I'd see what discussion the essay had. Was surprised to find no mention on searchyc.com. Was very surprised to see it posted today :)

Dunno about you, but I'm just as interested in Hacker Olds as Hacker News :) For me, marking dates in the titles doesn't really add to the discussion.

http://olds.ycombinator.com would be an interesting twist.

This was my first time reading it, and it is a great essay.