>John, well I'm privileged to work on some fairly new stuff. I love it. All I need now is something to buy for a boy-buzz. ;-)
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>Depending which Bible you read (if any) you may find this in Ecclesiastes: "What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun." Certainly that's how IT looks to me at the moment. ;-)
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>These IT guys need to learn from the car companies how to repackage a slightly altered product as the best new thing since sliced bread. Yo, IT companies: make me a consumer again. You're losing me.

Yeah. I still learn new stuff, with some measure of enjoyment, but it's more to keep myself marketable (hopefully) than the sheer joy of discovery like when I was starting out. For sure if I were starting a software company I would hire mostly young developers, with a Yoda type to supervise them.

I don't really agree with John K. about becoming ossified and afraid of change as we get older, although there's certainly some truth to it. I just need something new to get excited about.

Whoops, there I go again wanting more instead of being content with what I have. Not a good idea!