I'm 41 and the old fart argument is bullshit. People are people and they are all different. I don't cling to old technology. I love learning new things. I h

I'm 41 and the old fart argument is bullshit. People are people and they are all different. I don't cling to old technology. I love learning new things. I have written C modules for every major scripting language, modules for every major web server, can automate GDB and Windbg alike and have seen so many problems, I often can solve them with a walk buy and a mic drop. I am more productive now than ever, and I started coding when I was 10. Was sysop of a chat BBS when the Challenger blew up. Ran slackware in the early nineties, stood in line for Windows 95. This isn't just an alpha geek rant -- the point is that if you really love what you do, you only get better. My workflow is so automated from years of the craft, people that see it are in utter disbelief. I have so much quality code in the kitty that I can produce faster than anyone I have ever worked with. The bottom line is that if you produce results, you are of value. I prefer to code in C and ruby, but have no problem switching to .Net, Java, python, node, or whatever. The right tool for the job, and I can make that call better than most because I've learned it's not always about technology, it's about the passion the team has to get the job done. As the levels of abstraction in modern technologies get further and further removed, the more you want people like me on the team. Your business might just depend on it.