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When I first started programming I read a lot of articles about a lot of programming subjects.
I've bookmarked many many articles over the years about OOP, design patterns, architecture, databases, functional programming, algorithms...
And I just went through the list and deleted almost all of them.
First and foremost because a lot of them are outdated or are no longer relevant for me (like WinForms articles or "getting started with x" from 2010).
But also because I now know a lot about the subjects those articles talk about, like SOLID and SQL injection.
It's kind of funny to realize I once thought it necessary to bookmark an article about resource files.
It's awesome that I'm having the same job as 8 years ago yet I do completely different things and I'm still learning weekly.
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kmoorevs wrote: My resources were mostly 1000+ page books
1000+ pages 
I got a few books in my early days, mostly like 300 to 400 pages, but nowadays I just read the docs of whatever I'm trying to learn.
kmoorevs wrote: the MSDN CDs that came every quarter
I remember those, my dad always got them.
kmoorevs wrote: I hardly ever bookmark anything anymore since most things are available via Google in mere seconds
Me neither for the same reason.
kmoorevs wrote: The application that I started working on back in '99 is still going strong
Did you manage to keep the used technologies up-to-date? I've always found that to be the hardest part of programming...
If you can't, working on such an old application could be a nightmare
In my experience there's never time or money to upgrade or replace outdated technologies 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Did you manage to keep the used technologies up-to-date?
Good question. The answer is no...well sort of...it's a work in progress but will take a considerable amount of 'slack' time which there never seems to be enough of. I figure I've got another 5 years before MS stops including the VB6 runtimes and another few years before my customers migrate to that future OS. There's still time!  I keep waiting to be able to afford a junior developer to pawn it off on. 
Sander Rossel wrote: If you can't, working on such an old application could be a nightmare
Actually, it's not bad at all...everything still works fine under Win10. It does get aggravating that the scroll wheel doesn't work there though and intellisense is not as intelligent.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote: the VB6 runtimes
kmoorevs wrote: it's not bad at all
Sounds like a bad case of the Stockholm Syndrome 
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Sander Rossel wrote: having the same job as 8 years ago yet I do completely different things and I'm still learning weekly
/ravi
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You're never too old to learn.
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Yes, I have reached the age where I only need one video.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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In my experience a lot of people get too old to want to learn though 
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I was born in 1945. I spent this morning learning LINQ, I am currently learning some very basic Hebrew, and have a list of other things that I still want to learn.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: I am currently learning some very basic Hebrew
מגניב!
Richard MacCutchan wrote: I spent this morning learning LINQ
I know programmers who're not retired and who still refuse to properly learn and apply LINQ (or SQL and even .NET in general)
Perhaps it's not so much an age thing, but a mentality thing.
And not many people like learning at all when they can spend their evenings in front of the television
My parents both picked up studies at the Open University and they're well in their 50's and 60's.
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Sander Rossel wrote: well in their 50's and 60's.
My eldest son will be 50 in June.
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I'm in my 60s and I'm still programming and learning new stuff every day. Once I no longer find that interesting I shall stop!
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You youngsters. 
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You dinosaurs.
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Growl, screech, munch.
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Damn kids!!!, get off my lawn
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And take your damn tanks with you!
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Yes, how many of us remember programming on and for those old mainframes?
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Somewhat the same here ... in my 60's, but learning new things about once a week. The rate has slowed as my employer is doing away with custom code. 
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Age has nothing to do with it. I know a lot of younger people who don't want to learn.
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I bookmarked your post because of its timeless wisdom. 
Latest Article - Slack-Chatting with you rPi
Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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I get that a lot 
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Oh fer gawd's sake... Smart mattress lets you know if your partner is cheating[^]
Quote: the jealous app user will be able to see in real time what parts of the bed are seeing the most activity, giving him or her a mental picture of exactly what their partner is up to.
There is a mental image for you...
"Darling, why is the new mattress plugged into the mains?"
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Great idea, except...
The alleged cheated partner has to get permission by both the alleged cheating partner and his/hers alleged side-partner or else it isn't GDPA compliant and any evidence gathered will not be usable in court.
However, asking for permission may warn the partner that something might be up.
Of course if the partner and the side-partner are both pretty chill they'd give permission and this mattress will be great.
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