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Even though everything kinda looks the same, there's still plenty of new tech left that IS fun and interesting. I kept reading HN daily, and I still pick up new
by raarts 6y ago
Even though everything kinda looks the same, there's still plenty of new tech left that IS fun and interesting. I kept reading HN daily, and I still pick up new tech, and ideas. BTW that's also the way to stay relevant and keep getting impressed looks from the youngsters. Maybe you can't pick up the tech as fast as when you were young, but because of your experience you surely can pick it up in a better way, get deeper understanding.
Final thought: mentor. Or teach. You have more to offer than you realize. Age isn't valued enough in IT.
- Damogran6 6y agoI still spend a lot of time with the tech, it's the stuff that brings me home a paycheck I'm most concerned about. With the cloudification of a lot of these services (security specifically, as it's what I've seen the most from vendors lately) more and more people need fewer and fewer technical resources as it's concentrated in SaaS. I could see some serious opportunity in teaching. From an OSI model standpoint, everybody's hanging out in layers 6 and 7, and everything beneath it is 'magic'.