Reading the article, I've been programming for 45 years now, starting with a Z80 kit (which I still have, and still works - 768 bytes of RAM free) then PDP-11's

Reading the article, I've been programming for 45 years now, starting with a Z80 kit (which I still have, and still works - 768 bytes of RAM free) then PDP-11's (Fortran and Macro-11), 35 years of C (TurboC 1.0 FTW), Javascript, various scripting languages (not sad to see the back of Perl) and a shedload of embedded stuff. Helps I started out in electronics; I've long been surprised how many programmers don't really know what's going on under the hood. Main thing I'd add to the article is about keeping motivation. There's always new stuff to learn, but one of the biggest motivations I get these days is helping others. Working at startups with people just getting started on their careers is intensely rewarding, being able to help them gain understanding and solve challenges (rather than just telling them how to do it/what library to use).