I did my PhD in the database area, and I really relate to some of the stuff in this article - most particularly the overwhelming difficulty (and pressure involv

I did my PhD in the database area, and I really relate to some of the stuff in this article - most particularly the overwhelming difficulty (and pressure involved) in doing something genuinely new. I came in with all these wonderful ideas, and within a few months realised that not only had they all been done, most of them had been done decades ago. Quite the comedown! It does give you a bit of a cynical outlook on new tech in general.