My private sector jobs have largely used outdated or proprietary technologies. First job had me maintaining a ~30 year old Object Pascal project in the early 2000’s. They were still using AppleTalk instead of TCP/IP locally.
IMO keeping up is more about what you do in your free time rather than trying to actually work with whatever the new hotness is. So having free time is critical not just whatever technology you’re using at work. However, work for NASA for 40 years and what the industry does is irrelevant.
IMO keeping up is more about what you do in your free time rather than trying to actually work with whatever the new hotness is. So having free time is critical not just whatever technology you’re using at work. However, work for NASA for 40 years and what the industry does is irrelevant.