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		Alifatisk on Jan 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declinin... This is my worst nightmare, my plan is to leave this industry when I get really old because I’m scared my mental state will worsen and I will lose my problem solving skills.

codr7 on Jan 10, 2023 [–]

I'm 45, have been writing code since 8.

Whatever you lose is more than compensated by experience, you spend less time solving the wrong problems.

A bigger issue is the cycles, and the realization that we don't learn much from history. Ignorance is bliss.

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