Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years and counting?

Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by sbilstein on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:18PM (#23373906)

Took an interesting course on aging and the brain. Everyone suffers some degree of cognitive decline but it can vary wildly based on a number of circumstances to an almost negligible extent for lucky people. A lot of it is out of your control but high performing people who keep engaging their mind can compensate better for decline.

It’s also why leaving your job or moving to a place with less activity can accelerate decline. Unfortunately, brains are also very sensitive to depression at an advanced age (less blood flow among other things), so grief/loneliness etc can quite literally cause deterioration. Another reason IMO to make sure seniors can work if they want to.

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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by chillingeffect on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:24AM (#23377352)

interesting, did they talk about the topics of nootropics and atherosclerosis in this class?

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Re:Ask HN: Am I the longest-serving programmer – 57 years an... by sbilstein on Monday June 01, 2020 @10:20AM (#23378729)

Yes to atherosclerosis, not too much about nootropics. It's a fantastic course, available from the Stanford school of continuing studies. It was a two full days weekend seminar taught by a neuropsychologist who works at the Stanford Hospital. I'm not an alumni and anyone can register for these course so I really, really recommend it!

I'm a young guy (31) but the class was so cool. People from ages 25 to 90 year old Stanford alum.

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