On Getting Older in Tech
One of the things that has made me old (52) and crotchety is that I learned Lisp very early in my career.  That gave me the ability to see that 99% of &quot;new&quot; technologies were really just poor re-inventions of (parts of) Lisp.  Even today, Common Lisp -- despite (or, as some would argue, because of) the fact that it hasn&#x27;t been officially updated in decades is still not only a viable language but one of the best choices for many applications.  But no one knows it because it&#x27;s not the shiny new thing, and even young people still can&#x27;t seem to get their heads around the fact that the parens are a feature, not a bug.  And that makes me grumpy sometimes.<p>The good part was that I was able to build a very successful career while not having to suffer nearly as much pain as many of my contemporaries.  The bad part is that now it&#x27;s hard to find people to collaborate with.  :-(