The buzzwords might have changed but for the last 40 or 50 years software has mainly been about forms (getting data into databases) and reports (getting data out of databases and formatting it for the user). 99% of the web falls into this category. Once you have been in the industry a while you see history repeat again and again. COBOL back in the day was a sexy as RoR is now...
Op here. Very true, which is why I didn't feel like I was a fish completely out of water when returning, but that my tools were outdated and I had to go out and buy new tools.
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The buzzwords might have changed but for the last 40 or 50 years software has mainly been about forms (getting data into databases) and reports (getting data out of databases and formatting it for the user). 99% of the web falls into this category. Once you have been in the industry a while you see history repeat again and again. COBOL back in the day was a sexy as RoR is now...
Op here. Very true, which is why I didn't feel like I was a fish completely out of water when returning, but that my tools were outdated and I had to go out and buy new tools.