I would say it depends. Roles are so generalized now it is hard to determine what you did ten years ago versus what you do now. If you are at a forward moving c

I would say it depends. Roles are so generalized now it is hard to determine what you did ten years ago versus what you do now. If you are at a forward moving company then it is likely you have been exposed to the current technology. However, there is a substantial number of companies that are still running legacy systems because it works. They have no desire to upgrade or change how they do business. If you talk to any contractor or someone currently seeking a job they will tell you that the landscape of technology is a constant. You cannot stay marketable in this space by standing in place with the skills you had ten years ago and stating this is enough. The aside you mention with the 'cloud adoption' is not an aside at all. The adoption of the cloud is not, just the cloud it is all the services and components for how things are done. If you are still walking around in an elevated server room managing servers by manually you need to come outside and see what the rest of technology world is doing. It's never to late to learn so don't limit yourself. Technology is like a bus, the next change will be arriving in 15 minutes.