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by Mz 4363 days ago
Y2K was solved by "out of date" programmers who still knew the code behind the stuff that would only take 2 digit years getting hired to fix it so banking and what not would not implode.

Some guy who made bricks found himself very in demand when he was older because he was the only person who knew how to make authentic historic bricks with which to restore historic properties in the nation's capitol.

Being old(er) can be an asset. It can be a feature, not a bug.

(shrug)