“The point of this article is to attempt to detail the reasons
which can lead a programmer on this most traveled path, and to show
that being a hacker (here used in a somewhat wider sense of the
term than usual, “programming nerd” would probably be more
appropriate) in no way prevents you from following it. Quite the
contrary, it can be an incitement.”
“As you would expect, the main cause of obsolescence is of
course age. It’s hard to keep up with the furious pace of
Information Technology, and having to learn a new thing to replace
one you’ve mastered (or, even worse, haven’t even mastered yet) is
always tedious. This does not necessarily mean “old age”, you can
be caught by this phenomenon from time to time, on a given subject,
while still being a beginner [2]. The “Learning muscle” requires
training to stay in shape, just as any other one.”