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I have three children - all now adults with successful careers.

The oldest was a voracious reader from very early on. Headstrong and made lots of mistakes but is now a successful ice cream entrepreneur.

Middle child was/is mathematically gifted. Kept him in sports - hockey, soccer, track, snowboarding - to balance the intellectual and keep him from getting bored. He's now a developer at a startup.

My youngest turned out to be the weakest intellectually. Always struggled with school. But she worked hard (unlike the other two) and was always creative. She is now a UX designer at a big consulting firm and will probably do the best of all three because she learned how to work hard and has a flare for design that resonates.

You can never tell what path they will take, so just encourage them whenever they show interest in something - even if it's not what you're into.

62 here. Just got hired into principal role at public software company doing Vue & c#. First month has been lots of hands on... Just like I like it.

I'm 61. Been paid to write software for 42 years. I make it a point to add a new technology with every project. Currently that's Vuejs. Next one will be Blazor based, I think. It's the way I keep my skills up to date and myself hireable. I'll never retire cause even if I stopped working for others, I'd still be writing code for myself.