News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley. Parent comment

Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by anexprogrammer on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:21PM (#12455686)
It's not that they don't want to learn - they can and do.

When you end up with more commitments and some kids home isn't quite as conducive for learning, and spare time is often a distant memory.

I concede there is a (often reasonable in my view) reluctance to rush to learn the 249th new framework that is the future. Especially when it does all the same things as the 134th just with utterly different semantics and libraries. It'll be dead in 4 months and the 250th will be the new hotness.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It’s Tough Being Over 40 in Silicon Valley by new_hackers on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:30PM (#12455782)
I feel ya. After I got married and had a kid my time to learn and experiment was greatly reduced. Now I have a couple of hours on Saturday morning that I reserve as "Dad Time" where I spend time working on my pet projects and trying out new things.
[ Parent | on HN ]