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Thu Mar 24 01:41:30 AM EDT 2022
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I had a poignant moment a few years ago: A close friend of
mine (of over 20 years now ~ wow) and I were warm bodies
helping another on a contract. It was new-ish stuff for both
of us. After a day or two in that grind, he confided:
Summarizing, "I am old, I am set in my ways, I am
comfortable doing what I do, and I'm good at it. I don't
want to keep learning new things."

Nothing but respect for that assertion. Hell, I was entering
tech management / tech direction back when the Java wave was
headed our way... It was getting to be too much to keep up
with the kids and all the new languages, frameworks,
paradigms of the day, ...

And then one day, the rug was pulled out from under me and I
actively wondered if I actually knew how to do anything
anymore ~ not architecture diagrams, program management
plans, etc -- actual stuff that does something. That was a
terrible feeling.

Never again.