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I am often outclassed by people decades older than me and less caught up on social networking trends, Web x.0 fads and whatnot, but with more technical depth of

I am often outclassed by people decades older than me and less caught up on social networking trends, Web x.0 fads and whatnot, but with more technical depth of knowledge in the fields that do fundamentally affect me. It isn't that old age makes an old person irrelevant - it is very much that old age isn't an excuse to not be curious and to not /keep learning/. Have we truly forgotten about one of the oldest Aesops? The tortoise beat the rabbit out of sheer, bloody-minded perseverance - and even in an era where one's mental agility and flexibility is heavily hyped, there is still very, very large demand for actual /mastery/.

jonny_noog 17y ago
... it is very much that old age isn't an excuse to not be curious and to not /keep learning/. My thoughts exactly. I've worked with older people who lost the curiosity to keep learning about new developments in their field many years ago, and I've worked with older people who have retained their curiosity. I find in a functioning workplace, the former are often relegated to what is jokingly referred to at my current workplace as "special projects", which is code for "soon to be shown the door", the latter are very highly valued.