I went through a similar situation of waking up one day and realizing the whole industry had changed. I call it my Rip Van Winkle moment.
It's daunting thinking you know the business, and feeling like you know nothing. That a-hole self doubt tells you that everyone else is smarter, younger, gets it better than you, who are you kidding? ... you know the speech.
I had to give my head a shake. Remind myself that I do know things, and I learned them by investing the time and energy to learn it. And if it takes longer for me to get my head around it, so what? I did it before, I can do it again.
Like you, since then, I've gotten my hands around the new stuff. There are moments when I feel like I know what I'm doing ;-)
Change is a constant in IT, and you can't get too comfortable.
Everything you know today, is worthless tomorrow.
If you've been around long enough, you've seen enough trends come and go. Cold Fusion was a good idea at the time.
IMHO,a good team is one that blends youthful enthusiasm with experience to find the best solution.
Wow! Nailed it!
I went through a similar situation of waking up one day and realizing the whole industry had changed. I call it my Rip Van Winkle moment.
It's daunting thinking you know the business, and feeling like you know nothing. That a-hole self doubt tells you that everyone else is smarter, younger, gets it better than you, who are you kidding? ... you know the speech.
I had to give my head a shake. Remind myself that I do know things, and I learned them by investing the time and energy to learn it. And if it takes longer for me to get my head around it, so what? I did it before, I can do it again.
Like you, since then, I've gotten my hands around the new stuff. There are moments when I feel like I know what I'm doing ;-)
Change is a constant in IT, and you can't get too comfortable.
Everything you know today, is worthless tomorrow.
If you've been around long enough, you've seen enough trends come and go. Cold Fusion was a good idea at the time.
IMHO,a good team is one that blends youthful enthusiasm with experience to find the best solution.
That's a great conclusion! A blend of young and enthusiastic people together with senior citizens like us makes a great team.