Comment by zenbowman

The claim about technology moving faster now is absolute garbage. We've had exactly two major pieces of innovation in computer science in the last two decades.

The first was in search and distributed systems, at Google, and the blueprint for their systems was created by two mid-career engineers out of DEC.

The second was the evolution of the smartphone, at Apple, an old company that is known for keeping its engineers for a long ass time.

The most innovative computer language we have was designed in the 50s, and every time I meet an old-time hacker, there's something I can learn from them.

The real lie is that a kid out of college who starts a company is automatically considered an innovator. Rehashing an idea one more time in a slightly more marketable way or creating an app that goes viral has nothing to do with innovation.

In the pop culture age, we constantly confuse the Britney Spears' of the world with real talent, and the Summly's of the world with real innovation.