I am a 3rd generation programmer, my grandmother programmed with punch cards, my father on mainframes, I do things now, and my child looks to be a 4th one. When we came here my father brushed off his COBOL skills during Y2K stuff and made some excellent money working at some hospital chain fixing things. Right before New Year 2000 I ask him half in jest - "so hey, should I be sick on New Year"? He looks at me, smiles, and says "you can, but not too sick, ok?".

I am wondering if I'd be recompiling int32 to int64 out of systems and changing database datatypes in 10+ years and answering similar questions from my kids