Calling me bitter is like the pot calling the kettle black! I don’t know about where YOU work but my coworkers are extremely informed people who also enjoy keeping on top of trends. It sounds like maybe you just don’t enjoy your job? Hate the people you work for?

At my place of employment, the people I work with every day are, in fact, the only people here who do have a clue about technology, and continue to keep informed through most of the ways I described above (and the one you described, trade journals).

As a younger person involved in software development, I often forget about pen-and-paper publications because it’s pretty archaic, and all any information describing a trend appears in many of the places I’ve listed above. The only use I’ve found for them is to describe extremely focused problems, or theories, which is useful, but not the topic of this post.

I’m also a bit confused about where any perceived bitterness in the post I made comes from? Are you thinking I’m bitter because you think I sarcastically included coworkers, or are you perhaps projecting your own bitterness onto others?