Am I too old to learn a new trick?

 I've always been one to want to learn new things, running, diy, how to cook fries. The list goes on and on, so what about new computer language? I learnt my first language 43 years ago at the ago of 10 from a book. I still remember punching cards to send away to IBM just to wait two weeks to get the result... Syntax Error on Card 25!!! It was my first major hobby and little did I know then it was going the thing that took me places and let me live a good life. 43 years later I have learnt way too many languages, several databases and played every role from operator to CTO and everything in between, but through it all, my open true passion is a a developer, a designer. I like to build things and I like to push myself to learn new things. 

I jumped on the .Net train when it was still in beta, before it became cool and cross platform. 

Back then C# and .Net was a slow proprietary language. I remember being at a conference in Phoenix where Microsoft were presenting and they refused to answer questions about performance. I, along with several other beta testers, who were sat on the front row, promptly got up and walked out. Performance has always been a passion of mine as has security. 
Anyway, I seem to be drifting from the purpose of this post, "Am I too old to learn a new trick"?

Let's see, a few years ago I learnt React, then Vue, .Net Core, Power BI. Then there was the authentication things like Okta, Keycloak, Identity Server. Now I'm onto Razor and just yesterday updated a Xamarin app and managed to pair my "new to me" MacBook Pro (That will be another post in the near future). That allowed me to test the app against an iPhone simulator. 

So, I guess there is still some life in the old dog. My current fun project is .Net Maui. I'm building my first app and I'd love for y'all to come along for the ride as I learn new tricks, solve my own problems and lose way too much sleep as I stumble though the good, bad and ugly of a new language. Hopefully by the end I will be able to add "App Developer" to my resume of life.


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