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I'm in my early 50s and each year I still feel I'm better at my craft than I was the year before, which was better than the year before that. I think that in s

I'm in my early 50s and each year I still feel I'm better at my craft than I was the year before, which was better than the year before that. I think that in some ways I've been lucky as I started back when you could hold the entire knowledge of how your computer works in your head backed up by a single manual (seriously the old manuals for 8bit computers were some of the best documentation that I've ever seen). That knowledge was then built upon bit by bit as the technology advanced. So I've never been overwhelmed by the mass of information that someone starting today would need to get their heads round (Respect to those who have started to learn their craft in the last 5 years and have a deep understanding of how everything fits together).

solardev 1y ago
> I think that in some ways I've been lucky as I started back when you could hold the entire knowledge of how your computer works in your head backed up by a single manual Yeah, that's a great point. We were lucky to have already had a built-up knowledge of the "basics" by the time the complexity started to ramp exponentially. It's one thing to have had years to learn basic mouse clicks, internet usage, BASIC, etc. and then to gradually have new techs spring up around you, one at a time. There were entire years (maybe half decades) where the most exciting buzz was peer-to-peer file-sharing, lol, something we just take for granted now. I can't imagine what it'd be like to be born into a world where magic algorithms can already program better than most people, in ways we don't fully understand, while being bombarded by misinformation and advertising 24x7x365. You're overwhelmed from the day you're born =/ But humans are adaptable... the kids probably laugh at us old fogeys and wonder how we weren't bored with such simple techs :) This is all they've ever known.

solardev 1y ago

> I think that in some ways I've been lucky as I started back when you could hold the entire knowledge of how your computer works in your head backed up by a single manual Yeah, that's a great point. We were lucky to have already had a built-up knowledge of the "basics" by the time the complexity started to ramp exponentially. It's one thing to have had years to learn basic mouse clicks, internet usage, BASIC, etc. and then to gradually have new techs spring up around you, one at a time. There were entire years (maybe half decades) where the most exciting buzz was peer-to-peer file-sharing, lol, something we just take for granted now. I can't imagine what it'd be like to be born into a world where magic algorithms can already program better than most people, in ways we don't fully understand, while being bombarded by misinformation and advertising 24x7x365. You're overwhelmed from the day you're born =/ But humans are adaptable... the kids probably laugh at us old fogeys and wonder how we weren't bored with such simple techs :) This is all they've ever known.