Young is the Web
A meeting yesterday saw me really excited at the prospect of learning new tricks from someone who has been perfecting his craft for more than twenty years. Everyone has many daily encounters with people who have dedicated their life to their work or art, but this one made me pause and think.
The past months have seen me navigating in many ends of the Web spectrum, from the academic to the commercial, from the purely technical to community or business facets. Each time I have been considered an expert, a senior, a veteran. Which, as far as the Web is concerned, I am. I also happen to be in my early thirties…
Yesterday I realised how humbling it is to meet people with decades of experience in their field. We the websmiths too often forget that being a senior after 3 years and a veteran after 10 years is an anomaly. Let us never forget how young the Web is.
