People of our age group entered this field assuming that developing new programming languages, software processes etc. would get us to be the next Turing, Dijks

People of our age group entered this field assuming that developing new programming languages, software processes etc. would get us to be the next Turing, Dijkstra ... - however, that frontier has been long conquered, so as to say Currently, enabling conventional processes through human network linkage via internet etc. is the big thing - think Amazon, Twitter, Facebook etc. Even this wave will end sooner or later If I, you or anyone of our age group wants a real challenge, we need to create things which provide value above the already integrated human network(via electronic medium). I mean creating next Amazon etc. is not fun - the real deal lies in thinking what people will next need once they have such services available PS: 1. Thanks for raising this question, I too have similar doubts - writing this response helped me frame things for myself better :-) 2. I don't think making impact through programming is viable anymore - my response hinges on that being assumed and understood