I have had the opportunity to work with several developers having a wide range of experience during my coaching engagements. Some of them were happily ignoring the features available in modern versions of the language and busy writing more code and fixing bugs, while others wanted to improve their skills and make a positive impact by applying newer techniques. The lessons learned from working with the developers to adopt modern Java features helped me to influence more developers with consistency in impact. By paying more in-depth attention to our practices, understanding why we are doing what we are doing and with an open mind to learn, developers can enjoy the journey of evolving their code with the changing ecosystem.