I have been around computers since I was 5, used the nasty but fun BBSs, and witnessed today's internet be born and grow. I embraced the web, and started building for it, all on a wicked fast 9.600 modem.
There is a LOT I don't know and would love to learn, and I have a fair amount of knowledge and engineering ingenuity I can share.
Hope for the best and be prepared for the worst is what I believe.