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Re:Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50? by jmadsen on Friday October 05, 2012 @04:59AM (#4616142)
youngster at 45.

can't wait till I retire so I can finally learn some of the fringe stuff I want to play with but have no time.

to me, being a programmer is living the life of a perpetual student.

how can anyone grow bored with that?

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Re:Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50? by Toenex on Friday October 05, 2012 @05:56AM (#4616252)
Great point. I think a lot of us who still love programming after 20 years or more enjoy the constant change in the industry and the never ending opportunities to learn.
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Re:Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50? by eda on Monday October 08, 2012 @08:35AM (#4626536)
I think that older successful programmers are essentially life-long students of technology.
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