>I'm considered old here, in my mid 30's

I'm 62, and I'm not old yet, you're just a kid. ;-)

Seriously, there are some folks here who started on punch cards and/or paper tape in the 1960s.

wombatpm 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I played with punch cards and polystyrene test samples from the Standard Oil Refinery where my father worked in the early 70’s and my first language after basic was Fortran 77. Not old either.

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freeopinion 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

30 years ago my coworkers called me Grandpa, so I get it both ways.

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godelski 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks. I meant is more of in a joking way, poking fun at the community. I know I'm far too young to earn a gray beard, but I hope to in the next 20-30 years ;-) I still got a lot to learn till that happens

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Aeolun 11 hours ago | parent [-]

You wish, that gray beard sometimes appears in your late thirties.

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godelski 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Maybe. But also what I though was a gray beard in my early 20's is very different from what I think a gray beard is now. The number of those I've considered wizards decreased, and I think this should be true for most people. It's harder to differentiate experts as a novice, but as you get closer the resolution increases.

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jader201 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The more I know, the more I know I don’t know.

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popcorncowboy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

...and the more I know you don't know. [On the disappearance of wizards as you age]

	▲	godelski 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Both definitely contribute. But at the same time the people who stay wizards (and the people you realize are wizards but didn't previously) only appear to be more magical than ever. Some magic tricks are unimpressive when you know how they are done. But that's not true for all of them. Some of them only become more and more impressive, only truly being able to be appreciated by other masters. The best magic tricks don't just impress an audience, they impress an audience of magicians.