No, I wouldn't go back. That said, it has made it rather difficult to fit comfortably in standard settings. I've been successful so far but taking Arthur's less

No, I wouldn't go back. That said, it has made it rather difficult to fit comfortably in standard settings. I've been successful so far but taking Arthur's lessons and applying from various domains, to software, and into cluster/system/soc arch in my case, has been viewed as rather unorthodox. I find that especially in the valley, adherence to buzzwords and fashion of the day is a little too common for my taste now.