As we get older, time seems to pass faster. Possibly because our lives are filled with things to do. When we are younger, we are much more likely to be bored because are life is not as full. As a younger man, I would work on a programing project 16 hours and not be tired of it. I can't do that today. six to 8 hours is my maximum. But the code I produce today is much more complex and complete.
I think we we take our talents and tools and develop them into more complex talents and tools as we age. The best combination is often a young person with the fire and the raw talent hooked up with an older person that appreciates those abilities, but who also has the wisdom to direct those abilities to project completion, and then has something worthwhile when they are done.
We don't often get a chance to have a mentor. But that is very much like what I mean.
