&gt; <i>When I’m in a group of people my own age I feel as though I’m around old people, I can’t help it.</i><p>This one really rings with me. Unfortunately, many old people act like old people. I once worked at a software agency where even the more ambitious <i>young</i> people acted like old people.<p>Age is just a number, but the only one who decides to fully favour the comforts of the known to the appeal of the new and risky is you. I know 80-year olds who prefer ipads and I know 25-year olds who prefer IBM ClearCase.