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by asdfman123 766 days ago
Agreed.

Waking up at 40 and telling yourself "I need to accomplish something great" seems like a waste of time, unless you're already ambitious and working towards it. (And if you are, you don't need my advice.)

If you're not building out of genuine interest and instead trying to compensate for something, what you're lacking is not a new programming language.