In with the new tech... out with the old?

Technology changes in a heartbeat. For people like us on the edge, we have to constantly keep up with the new tech that comes our way. Somehow, after being in the IT business for a number of years, I see that new tech sometimes is not really new at all. It could be a rehash of something old which came up a number of years back, given with a couple of new acronyms and fandangled terms, it becomes brand new...

I have to admit that whenever there is a version jump in any API or product, we are buzzing with happiness and glee... thoughts like "Ok, lets see how good you REALLY are" and "Lets crash this bugger!!!" immediately come to mind. However, for some of us who were so busy with doing work, whenever a new tech comes out, we go "Oh no, not again!" or "Dang it! I just finally finished my certification for that!!!!!!".

It is inevitable that technology needs to change in order to change civilizations. As history has taught us, civilizations have crumbled when technology failed. So, we are forever caught in a vicious cycle? ?

Ok... back to work... or the unending cycle of design-coding-testing-design-coding-testing.... VICIOUS... ain't it?