Back 20 years ago in college I emailed Chomsky with a number of questions about the global issues of the day. I received a detailed, point-by-point response from him that very evening.
For a public intellectual he was really approachable, RIP.
The orignal movie "Tommy" in 1975 was a video storytelling version of the groundbreaking "rock opera" that had been written & performed by The Who, earlier than their appearance at Woodstock in 1969.
Roger Daltrey performed most of the vocals in the movie along with playing the lead character, but Tina Turner was brought in as the Acid Queen and nailed it. A sight to behold on the big screen and I had seen her concert during the same time frame in 1974 which was also beyond compare.
That's the joke, no computation needs to happen because for as long as there exists JavaScript, there will to be an incessant stream of gratuitous JavaScript frameworks.
Maybe (s)he should make a new one to combat this issue. In all seriousness though the amount of nextjs dependencies on this practically static site is probably part of the joke.
I was 30 years old when I got an entry level call center job in a software company. 10 years later I'm on the development team and finishing my degree. Hang in there 30 is the new 20.
It depends on how you are and what job you find. I was hassled once for changing my career direction to development in my late 30s. I wasn't guided or well-groomed at any point in my life, I had to work any job to survive so I didn't fulfill my career goal dreams until then. The worst part of the career is inability to relax, constant anxiety as they push people pretty hard. That's where your personality comes into play. I'm too responsible and that's what they're looking for. They don't care about you. It's a huge benefit to be able to just do a job and come home. In summary, if you work long hours for free, you'll make it in this industry at 51 or 71. That's what they're looking for after all the smoke and mirrors.
It sounded slightly negative in a way, but my point is, all this talk on here is nonsense. They want workers and there's a dearth of people that can write code at all. If you're smart enough to get your compsci degree at 40+, your success in the industry is guaranteed especially if you put in the hours. You have nothing to worry about, no consensus of nerds on HN can stop you. If you feel the CS degree didn't fully prepare you for any specific technology, I'd recommend Pluralsight. Most the instructor on there are great.
For a public intellectual he was really approachable, RIP.