{Almost 30 years of using \TeX} {Christina Thiele} {It's not just \TeX\ that's gotten older and more seasoned \ldots\ Reflections on changes in TeX and friends as used in a small typesetting company: software and hardware, of course, but also procedures and skills, resources that went from zero to virtually infinite, all of it interwoven with life and personal change. It's not earth-shaking news, but we've come far enough that looking back yields some interesting comparisons. }