After 40 years in the software biz I can tell my energy and memory aren’t what they once were. But that’s been more than offset by my experience. I can look at

After 40 years in the software biz I can tell my energy and memory aren’t what they once were. But that’s been more than offset by my experience. I can look at problems and recognize and solve them in minutes while the 20-somethings try to figure out where to start. When everything is new it feels exciting. I don’t get excited over languages or tech stuff anymore, but I do enjoy solving customer problems. I also make a lot more money now than when I was younger, even adjusting for inflation, and I work about half the hours I used to. I can get more done in less time because I rarely encounter a novel problem (in typical business apps and web sites, anyway). I see the same problems over and over with different clothes on.