Re:The Planned Obsolescence of Old Coders
by scarface74 on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:15PM
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If I want to adopt a new technology, I have to first learn how to handle problems I ALREADY KNOW HOW TO SOLVE with my current technologies.
So much this. I’m in my 40s and I am on my third pivot. The first was a C++ bit twiddler for 12 years. The second was an MS stack “enterprise developer” and now a third - JavaScript everywhere, $cool_kids front end stack, AWS, and the Docker ecosystem. It’s been about a year and it’s going to realistically take 2 to 3 more.
So much this. I’m in my 40s and I am on my third pivot. The first was a C++ bit twiddler for 12 years. The second was an MS stack “enterprise developer” and now a third - JavaScript everywhere, $cool_kids front end stack, AWS, and the Docker ecosystem. It’s been about a year and it’s going to realistically take 2 to 3 more.