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		jmadsen on Oct 5, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Do You Really Want to be Doing this When You're 50... youngster at 45. can't wait till I retire so I can finally learn some of the fringe stuff I want to play with but have no time. to me, being a programmer is living the life of a perpetual student. how can anyone grow bored with that?

Toenex on Oct 5, 2012 | [–]

Great point. I think a lot of us who still love programming after 20 years or more enjoy the constant change in the industry and the never ending opportunities to learn.

eda on Oct 8, 2012 | [–]

I think that older successful programmers are essentially life-long students of technology.

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