Just wait till you look for a new job, and it happens to be at a startup. The more mature companies tend to be a little slower at adopting new technologies.
In my situation I've been in the Enterprise/automation world. Which is a little bit behind. [Ok a lot.. but you work with what you can and what works within the requirements] ... you'll get the "you're not the right skillset" when the new organization is using *js, nosql dbs, and the FB APIs etc. That's rather odd when you've been developing for more than 10 years and have shown that you can learn new technologies.
I'm completely in agreement with you, however when it comes to a new position employers "don't want to risk you not knowing jquery 12"
In my situation I've been in the Enterprise/automation world. Which is a little bit behind. [Ok a lot.. but you work with what you can and what works within the requirements] ... you'll get the "you're not the right skillset" when the new organization is using *js, nosql dbs, and the FB APIs etc. That's rather odd when you've been developing for more than 10 years and have shown that you can learn new technologies.
I'm completely in agreement with you, however when it comes to a new position employers "don't want to risk you not knowing jquery 12"