Yeah, I agree, although probably even a few years ago I wouldn't have to be honest.
I think there's just a lot of black and white thinking going on around this stuff, I.e. you're either this or that (I.e. cutting edge rock star or old crusty dinosaur...) and I just don't believe that's how it is. It's multidimensional and we're all on the various spectrums somewhere and we should stop putting value judgements on which side of the spectrum is better or worse. We all do very different things with very different requirements, so stop prescribing what's best for everyone.
Chris Coyier's The Great Divide (https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/), although nominally about front end development, does a pretty good job explaining this problem, and I don't think this is unique to FE at all.
I think there's just a lot of black and white thinking going on around this stuff, I.e. you're either this or that (I.e. cutting edge rock star or old crusty dinosaur...) and I just don't believe that's how it is. It's multidimensional and we're all on the various spectrums somewhere and we should stop putting value judgements on which side of the spectrum is better or worse. We all do very different things with very different requirements, so stop prescribing what's best for everyone.
Chris Coyier's The Great Divide (https://css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/), although nominally about front end development, does a pretty good job explaining this problem, and I don't think this is unique to FE at all.