Teach an old dog new tricks?

I've recently relocated, joined a new company, moved about 700 miles and one time zone and think I've got a new way of thinking about learning.  

There's a saying that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, or you can teach an old dog new tricks, or something like that. I've decided that you're not teaching anything new, you're teaching a variation on something that dog already knows.  

Here's what I mean, I'm not an old dog by any stretch of the imagination but I'm not a recent college grad, either.  I've been in the professional world for 10 years now and just changed from the not-for-profit sector to the for-profit sector. I'm doing something similar to what I used to do but it could still be considered a "new trick" in the parlance of the cliche'.  Now, I'm not learning a new gig, I'm learning a variation of the same gig you can go to school to learn - consulting.  I would argue there are less than 10 tricks you can learn and that you just tailor that learning to your environment.  Know design? You can design for a trucking company, a telephony company, an agency, or a corporation.  Design is design.  Know systems? Same thing.  Know relationship/project management? Disco - same thing.  You just learn a new vocabulary, not a new language.  

Anyway, that's my fishbowl take on it.

Wed-ku:

Coffee ritual

Is about to stop for good

RSS Failed me

Comments

[Broad]

You're going to be doing more market-y speak, aren't you?