Things have just gotten more complicated. I quit programming code back when Fortran was king. It does help to know some basics on how computers work just to keep them running, but it gets harder every year.

Heck, I used to fix my own car, too. A Delta-88 with a V-8 engine. Open the hood, and the engine sat in the center of an open space you could practically fit two more engines into. And you knew what every wire and hose was for.

Open a car hood now and often you just see a huge shell of black plastic covering everything underneath. "Go away," it says. "You don't belong here." And barely room for a needle to fit in the spaces.