"Was your flexibility in the right direction?" Yes. "Why would your way have been different?" Because I had a form that created a form. You know, a lot of f

"Was your flexibility in the right direction?" Yes. "Why would your way have been different?" Because I had a form that created a form. You know, a lot of failed projects that I've worked on were my fault, because I was that guy. The guy who questioned the seasoned greybeard. The guy that knew JavaScript is the only answer. That agile is the only way to manage development. And if agile didn't work, it wasn't because agile was a bad choice, but because you were doing it wrong. That document databases can replace relational databases. That dependency injection is good. You get the idea. What sounds good, looks good and feels good is sometimes, and sometimes very often, very bad. The thing someone in their 20's doesn't know is that people in their 20's don't know. People in their 30's that are even vaguely in touch with themselves start realising they don't know. In my late 30's I questioned whether I'd wasted my entire career by not learning anything. Today I just know. I know an idiot before he opens his mouth. And I see a bad design decision happening when the team is assembled, before anyone has even started to design anything. That the 5th sentence in the 5th paragraph of this post is badly structured. Most importantly, today I know when I don't know. I still fuck up. Spectacularly so, sometimes. But not as often as 30 years ago. And not as often as last year. Or last month. I happen to have been right in my post above. Hindsight proved that.