As a 58 year old developer that start at 18, it's about finding the right place to do stuff that is the right level of challenge for you. It's also about adopt

As a 58 year old developer that start at 18, it's about finding the right place to do stuff that is the right level of challenge for you. It's also about adopting the attitude that "I can always learn more". Just by reading HN that's a really good step, because there are smart people here and interesting posts. I started professionally as a Pascal programmer on an IBM PC/XT, now I architect OLTP systems and either spend my time debating high level architecture, or I'm down in the weeds watching log files of the apps. There's always somewhere interesting to go on the journey. Especially if you treat it as about creativity and not engineering :)