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Forget about status, I would rather not subject my kid to the constant catchup treadmill; jquery then, SPA yesterday, AI today, god-knows-what tomorrow, its lik
by noisy_boy 3y ago
Forget about status, I would rather not subject my kid to the constant catchup treadmill; jquery then, SPA yesterday, AI today, god-knows-what tomorrow, its like a never ending thing - its not enough to be stressed by work all week long, now you need to spend the couple of days of break also on learning the next flavor of the month.
Sure lawyers have to catchup with changing laws and doctors need to catchup with new medical breakthroughs but I doubt it is as much drinking from the firehose as programming is.
- lordnacho 3y agoThe real difference is lawyers and doctors are protected by law from competition. If programmers had similar gatekeeping, the union would make sure everyone had access to training from time to time.
- inglor_cz 3y agoI am 45 and I had to catch up on a lot of things. I started programming in 1995 and my language of choice was Pascal 5.5. Catching up is hard, but it is also "gym for your brain". Plenty of people grow complacent and mentally lazy, because they do not face any additional demands over their careers. It is even possible that mental training postpones dementia.
- noisy_boy 3y ago> It is even possible that mental training postpones dementia. Thats what I tell myself as the saving grace (sometimes it is indeed a lot of fun).