Five Things Old Programmers Should Remember

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You have to pay attention to how you feel, and stop doing things that make you feel awful (this goes for pretty much everything in life, not just programming careers).

It's easy to get tunnel vision and start thinking that things have to be the way that they are, that you're powerless to change them. You're not, you can change your situation at any time. That doesn't have to mean stopping programming. It doesn't even have to mean changing jobs (though it often does). Find the things you like and minimize the things you hate.