[fffrad]

This was quite a good read.

Since this is HN, it may be a good idea to port this to the tech community:

> Keeping up with the latest framework

I interviewed at a company that jumped on Silverlight on the very first day because they wanted to be "edgy". One of the interviewers was telling me how they used all resources to convert their enterprise CMS. But now most people left and they are having a hard time finding people who can convert it back.

[jasonszhao]

Social status and programming tools are really comparable. Programming tools evolve so fast and they do help you, as more things are abstracted. However, there is still a necessity to to things the traditional way sometimes.

[Outdoorsman]

From my perspective it's the very nature of our industry...