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glyn

@henrikjernevad I've been reflecting on the fact that most of the products and open source projects I worked on over my career failed, sooner or later.

OTOH I suspect much of my code in a 54 year old product (!) is still alive and well (although I know a lot of new stuff I wrote was ripped out).

This is an effect of working on new/interesting stuff. I am comfortable with my contribution, even as a senior staff developer, as my skill was good engineering rather than technical direction.

@underlap Thanks for your thoughts!

Yes, I guess it is unreasonable to expect that things "live forever" in the fast-changing world of tech.

And it is helpful to consider that "just" contributing good engineering is plenty ok too!