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Give him 6-9 months. He'll disappear, all of a sudden.

We all do this. Once. When we grow up, at ~23.

Once, at 21 (an Atari game). Again, at 31 (the Apple Newton). And again, at 41 (the Kinect).

Every ten years or so I get stupid, I guess.

I guess I finally wised-up when I turned 51, we'll see if I stay that smart in a couple of years :-)

I guess the key here is that you can totally immerse yourself in something that doesn't feel like work; a project that fullfills you from the deepest of your heart.

That tends to happen once every 10 years.

It doesn't tend to happen in day-to-day grunt work at an AdTech shop, pushing JIRA tickets.

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