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Over 50 here. You have to create your opportunities. Want something interesting to work on? Create the project, work on it in stealth. If it works out, it may b
by Isamu 14y ago
Over 50 here. You have to create your opportunities. Want something interesting to work on? Create the project, work on it in stealth. If it works out, it may become an official project and you increase your status.
Cultivate your interests. Learn something new. Coursera is pretty awesome - I wish I had more time for all the courses I'd like to take. The courses at MIT's OCW (and edX) are great. Download lectures to your mobile device. Search iTunes U for classes.
Write short programs for fun. Check out Project Euler, fer instance. Don't forget why you started programming in the first place.
Gear up and get a new job. Don't accumulate too much dust. Crack open a book about interviewing, get off your high horse about what people consider fair game in an interview.
- beeffective 14y agoAs a developer, I find that designing the web app that I'm developing for makes the effort/project much more enjoyable. Web app development is the type where you do things differently for every project. Going from writing ajax handlers on the client and server, to using KnockoutJS (or Backbone or Angular), is extremely fun because it lets me focus more on the UI.