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As I age, I feel like I have to branch out my skill set as sort of a safety net to ensure that I'm still desirable. Yeah, that's the thing: the compulsion to l

by drugme 8y ago

As I age, I feel like I have to branch out my skill set as sort of a safety net to ensure that I'm still desirable. Yeah, that's the thing: the compulsion to learn stuff not because it's good technology, has staying power or even helps you solve a particular problem... but because it helps you look like you're young and "with it", and ... less of a dinosaur.

scarface74 8y ago
What’s the problem with that? One of my former manager is in his late 50s. He started developing in the mid 90s after leaving the military. He self demoted after his kids graduated and now he’s a full stack React developer working with Azure. I’m in my mid 40s and I’m constantly looking at the jobs that are out there and making sure that I’m keeping up with the latest tech stack. It’s not like I could still get a job programming in my first language - 65C02 in the 80s or my first professional job writing C on DEC VAX and Stratus VOS mainframes.