Amusing observation. Having had 10, 15, 20, and 100-year-old scotch, I must admit, I couldn't really tell the difference, other than price. Yeah, they tasted a bit different, but so do Aberfeldy and Ardbeg. I wouldn't say one is any better than the other though; unless you really like the smokey taste of old pianos, then Ardbeg is definitely the best.
Not sure why you're getting down-voted. Development tools look pretty much the same as they did in 2000, languages all feel quite similar, and quantum computing still isn't ubiquitous. We are, indeed, still using Vim though, and quite happily, I might add.
My first distro was Slackware, and I bought it in 1995 as well. Mine came with a Unix book from O'Reilly. The only thing I remember about the book was a quote at the top of one of the chapters, "Dyslexics of the world, untie!"
I too used elvis for quite a while, until someone at the bank I worked for at the time introduced me to Vim. I've never met Bram, but I always feel a depth of appreciation when I see his name pop up in the editor window.
I recently finished a Linux course at school, part of which was focused on Vim. I got points taken away for using gg to jump to the top of a document and G to jump to the bottom. My professor said neither option would work. While I think it is reasonable to expect professors to know what they're talking about, it is fairly common that they don't.
I agree with the author that Haskell's unfamiliar syntax and functional constructs are why it hasn't taken over the world. I also think that Haskell's syntax and functional constructs are precisely why it should though. I also like the fact that Haskell isn't a mega-corp-owned technology, but rather grown by intelligent engineers to do intelligent things in intelligent ways.
I'm not the greatest Haskell programmer, but I love it. I recommend learning the basics of Haskell, if you haven't yet. Doing so improved my code in other languages quite a bit, so it was worth studying for that reason alone.
I found the information in the book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, by Mark Manson, to be quite useful in overcoming adversity.
While the title is a bit on the nose, Manson's premise is basically that we need to identify what is important in our life, and then eliminate our worrying about all the trivial things we run into every day.
For me, this was my family and religion (yes, religion). I realized that as long as my wife and kids were there, and I had someplace to dump my personal issues (religion), my job really didn't matter much, since my skills are transferable elsewhere. I didn't quit my job, but I certainly don't rank it in the top-ten important things to worry about, like I used to.
Seeing as my job is about 90% of the adversity I face in life, just making that mental change resulted in a tremendous amount of joy and satisfaction.
