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My main hesitation is wasting my precious years of my youth on something that won't advance my skills. E.g. as somebody who picked up programming at 25, I alre

My main hesitation is wasting my precious years of my youth on something that won't advance my skills. E.g. as somebody who picked up programming at 25, I already fear that my brain is now struggling to pick up concepts that my younger brain would have.

nine_k 11y ago
Don't be afraid of that. The programmer's profession is one of constant study and learning. It would be impossible if people actually had trouble learning things by 25, and the field won't move at the pace it does. if people, or at least some people, lost the ability to constantly learn by 45 or 55 or whatever age looks ridiculously old to you.
- kelseydh 11y ago
  There's no denying the fact that many engineers quit programming by the age of 35.
  - judk 11y ago
    Mostly because they found rewarding opportunity as leaders of teams.
    - nine_k 11y ago
      Which, again, takes quite some learning to do well.
amorphid 11y ago
There is nothing preventing you from working on skills while being in the military.