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"My one true fear working in software is letting my skill-set become deeply disjointed from what the market values." Excellent truth, it is a market, with supp

• mtogo 15y ago
  You should be hungry to learn software development regardless of whether or not you are working as one professionally.
  • sukuriant 15y ago
    Could you ... expound upon that? I don't think my grandmother has any want or need to learn software development
    • mtogo 15y ago
      If your grandmother develops software she should be eager to learn more about it regardless of salary. I don't like the attitude that one should only learn and grow for the purpose of making more money. If you don't want to learn and improve as a software developer, you shouldn't be anywhere near developing software in my opinion.
  • nirvdrum 15y ago
    The problem I've found is the whole work-life balance thing. At some point in many people's lives, priorities change. Instead of hacking on an open source project or grabbing the latest book on Node or Scala, you opt to spend time with your family or relaxing a bit. At that point in your life, you likely have a very solid skillset and can do remarkable work in your job. But, it doesn't necessarily prepare you much for whatever's next. And balancing that is extremely difficult.