Getting older and working in design
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i dunno....it's not quite as hopeless as it may seem.....
I'm in my early 40s....about to turn 43 in a few weeks....I'm currently the creative director at a small but growing software company, also doing some design consulting for some of our clients as well....
things change, roles change and we have to kind of change along with them....
i've finally been learning html and css (lol, in my old age ) and am finding it a lot of fun....
it's going to be a big help as i can now help turn around my designs a lot faster with that knowledge....also, and not to be a smart ass or elitist or anything...but i also learned what value i add ....
you can certainly teach code to a great many people...but design? talent? creativity?
nope...not so much....
i've seen first hand for a while now how a lot of the younger set that prides themselves on being hotshit at frontend dev and design aren't 'really' all that smoking hot at all...
not saying that there aren't some out there..
but man...another thing is with your longevity usually comes a huuuuge skill set.