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Take acid and go to crazy festivals if you want to stay young. No really, do it once at least. You need to bathe in youth from time to time in order to experie
by delegate 10y ago
Take acid and go to crazy festivals if you want to stay young. No really, do it once at least.
You need to bathe in youth from time to time in order to experience it - it's fantastic.
Of course you need to keep up to date, try to use your wisdom to understand which technology/language is going to survive the test of time.
For example, C/C++ is going to stick around for a while; make sure you're up to date (C++ 14 and C++ 17).
Pick technologies with a steep learning curves, don't try to compete with 20-year olds doing Javascript Bootcamps - go five steps deeper.
Broaden your horizon - read poetry, listen to all kinds of new music, watch experimental movies, travel around, talk to foreigners, eat weird food.
Study physics and philosophy, psychology and economy.
Have lots of sex - your wife will love you again :)
You have kids ? Great! Learn from them - everything. Try to teach them what they study at school - see if you can figure out a better explanation. Notice how much new stuff you learn about the subject, about yourself and your kid!
We're all getting old(er) every day - as we age this process seems to accelerate - and one day we will be no more.
But inside us lives the kid, the 20-year old, the 30-year old. It's still there, it can still be crazy and fun, we just need to remember to go on a date with our younger selves. All the rest will follow.
At least that's what I'm telling myself :)
- mattbettinson 10y agoI'm young but this was invigorating to read.
- qznc 10y ago> use your wisdom to understand which technology/language is going to survive the test of time I usually use statistics. If you select a random point on the lifetime of something. There is a 50% chance, that you are closer to the middle then either start or end. Thus: Always assume you are roughly in the middle of the lifetime. In other words, if some technology is only one year old, assume it is dead in another year.
- mysterypie 10y agoThat's a great rule of thumb. You should give it a catchy name so people remember it. When I don't have good insight into whether it's worth my time to learn some new tech, I'm going to try to apply this rule.
- delegate 10y agoNice piece of wisdom right there, thank you!
- planteen 10y agoSo that means C looks pretty safe... 44 years. C++ is 33 years.
- zeroer 10y ago> Have lots of sex - your wife will love you again :) Not in my experience ... oh, you meant with her.
- huherto 10y ago"Take a mistress. Your wife will believe that you are with your mistress. Your mistress will believe that you are with your wife. And you can spend more time hacking code."
- davenbuster 10y ago100% agreed, thanks for this!
- clifanatic 10y ago> Have lots of sex - your wife will love you again Unless she finds out.
- bubbleRefuge 10y agoTrust me. If she finds out, she will love you more.
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- mixmastamyk 10y ago> Pick technologies with a steep learning curves, don't try to compete with 20-year olds doing Javascript Bootcamps - go five steps deeper. Wanted to call that one out, don't think I've thought about it before, but it's good advice.