In what world do you live in that honing a skill for 10 years longer than someone else counts for nothing? In fact, as computing moves forward, I believe the a

In what world do you live in that honing a skill for 10 years longer than someone else counts for nothing? In fact, as computing moves forward, I believe the amount of insight gleaned in the early years of programming decreases. I think I would be farther along in my knowledge of programming and CS if I had started with assembly instead of BASIC. So I think being 'old sk00l' counts for quite a lot.