[pdenton]

Software tends to get thrown away after a few years. Nothing I've written as a professional programmer has survived the test of time. No regrets, though. Why would I carry the burden of self importance to even be bothered about this? Do we really need to cast our work in stone? It's just work and you probably got paid a bunch. Nothing wrong with that.

My advice would be to find whatever motivates you in your life. What makes you happy? Challenge yourself and everything you've got.

[jpgvm]

To be fair he is coding Java. He has literally been chilling in an ecosystem that has not only stood the test of time but is seeing a big resurgence... Unless you count J2EE falling by the wayside or SOAP not being hot anymore most of Java has just seen steady improvement rather than replacement for the last ~10+ years.