I understand the analogy with the doctor but I don't think it is true at all. I don't think programming is different from most fields actually. Perhaps concept

I understand the analogy with the doctor but I don't think it is true at all. I don't think programming is different from most fields actually. Perhaps concepts in programming change more rapidly than in other fields but technology ascends there too. For example I've heard dentists discuss new tech and methods they use as if it was a new web framework with different thinking. Doctors need to learn about new methodologies all the time since science and technology discover new shit all the time and develop new methods to finding and fighting diseases for example. I think most people would be extremely disappointed if they visited a doctor that gave them medical advice that was 40-50 years old and wasn't updated with more modern medicine. All technology is a means to an end. You don't have to learn the new tools to complete the job if you can have the same outcome and I think many times people are so afraid to become less relevant that they learn stuff they don't actually need. If you really benefit from learning something, that's when you should learn it and use it.