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I am in the same camp. I'd prefer to know an older technology (and it's underpinnings) completely than scratch the surfaces on a bunch of short lived new ones. Most of the new stuff I see is pretty high level. I invest my free time in getting as close to the metal as I can.

If there's something new with a feature I like, I'm a lot more likely to try to replicate their feature in something I know than make a switch.