Advice: don't fall for, "it will be really easy to be left behind.”
That's gatekeeping.
Imagine being 10 years old right now, and having some old dude say, “you need to learn [tech of the day] or you'll be left behind.”
It's just not how technology works. You can join at any time, with any past experience, and start learning something new. There's a place for you.
Anyone who says otherwise is trying to keep you out.
@thaddeus @ambulephabus This is true if you with technology in general. If you want to get into a particular wave of technology excitement, it can be possible to be left behind.
However, for about 95% of technology excitement waves, that’s actually a good thing :)
@brandonhorst @thaddeus @ambulephabus Yep. Those who rode the Ruby on Rails craze got the joy of experiencing, what, three package managers in the span of five years, until the community started to calm down?
