- Many things that seem new and innovative today (virtualization, containers are two examples) were actually invented in the 1970s. Learn some history. - Don't

- Many things that seem new and innovative today (virtualization, containers are two examples) were actually invented in the 1970s. Learn some history. - Don't get caught up in hype. Technologies go in and out of favor. Not long ago the idea of writing a application in JavaScript would have been laughed out of the room. Today the idea of building applications in Perl seems antiquated. The truth is it doesn't make a lot of difference which language you use, and no matter what you pick it will probably be less popular in 5-10 years if not virtually abandoned.