Relevance is rented, not owned. Even the proudest centerpieces eventually end up in storage. The other night, over dinner with friends, we started reminiscing about old things we once treasured. I found myself telling the story of an expensive accent chair I had once proudly placed in the living room. It was the centerpiece, a sign of taste, elegance, and pride.
But time has a way of reshuffling value.
The chair, once central, was moved to the bedroom nook. Then it became a desk chair in the study. Eventually, it landed in storage - forgotten, unused, irrelevant.
And as I told the story, I realized: this chair is more than just furniture. It’s a metaphor for professional life in the technology world.
The Chair and the Career:
In fast-moving industries, especially technology, yesterday’s pride can quickly become today’s storage item. Skills that once made you indispensable can drift into obsolescence if you don’t keep pace with change.
That’s the uncomfortable truth: prestige is not permanent. The same way my accent chair went down the hierarchy of usefulness, professionals too can find themselves sliding from core relevance to the periphery not because they lacked talent, but because they didn’t adapt.
The Pace of Technology:
Think about it: tools, programming languages, frameworks, entire platforms rise and fall in cycles shorter than ever. What was “cutting-edge” five years ago is now legacy. The same applies to roles. A few years ago, cloud migration specialists were in hot demand; today, AI engineers and prompt designers are the talk of the town. Tomorrow, who knows?
The professionals who thrive are those who keep upgrading, learning, and repositioning themselves before the industry shelves them.
The Dinner Table Insight:
As I finished telling my friends about the accent chair, I paused and said: “That’s exactly what happens to a pride hire - once celebrated, but they slowly slip down the chain if they don’t keep up.”
It wasn’t a warning. It was a reminder.
Stay curious. Stay adaptive. Don’t let yesterday’s pride be your only currency. Because relevance in today’s world isn’t permanent. It is something you have to earn afresh again and again.
The Learning:
The chair’s journey isn’t just about loss. It’s a lesson.
• Stay updated: What you know today is the floor, not the ceiling.
• Embrace change: Don’t resist the new tool, method, or trend. Try it. Learn it.
• Redefine your value: Just because something worked yesterday doesn’t mean it will tomorrow. Keep rewriting your story.
At BluWis, we see the same truth play out every day. Legacy systems like ECC are similar to yesterday’s accent chairs, once carried pride of place. But to stay relevant in today’s fast-moving world, organizations need agility, intelligence, and reinvention at the core.
That’s where we come in. BluWis isn’t just a migration partner - we’re transformation enablers. We help businesses move beyond what once worked and step confidently into what’s next, aligning technology with strategy and vision.
So don’t let your business become yesterday’s pride in storage. Let’s build tomorrow’s relevance - together.
Let’s stay relevant!
Warm regards,
Prabhakar Prasad
Founder & CEO, BluWis
You can reach Team BluWis via email: sales@bluwis.com