> I'll probably be even slower on my feet and harder to adapt and learn in my 40s. My experience is the following: you have a lot less time to learn, indeed.

> I'll probably be even slower on my feet and harder to adapt and learn in my 40s. My experience is the following: you have a lot less time to learn, indeed. But the huge problem rather is that you have seen a lot of programming ideas getting in and out of fashion, so that you smell the bullshit in the trend that gets in fashion (and is paid well) much better than the younger folks. This way, in your mind you become more annoyed having to learn bullshit things. Also, a huge problem is that, because you have seen a lot more things, you often really know better how things could be architected better, but you can't convince less experienced managers and colleagues of this, so you become more and more cynical.