We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
Call me bored, but don't call me boring.
Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.
You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them!