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I'm 55 this year, still programming. And I still love it ... well, I love trying new things. One of my friends that I started my first job with is now at the C
by Isamu 10y ago
I'm 55 this year, still programming. And I still love it ... well, I love trying new things.
One of my friends that I started my first job with is now at the CTO level, while I keep turning down opportunities to "advance" into management. Another friend of mine quit after the Senior Director level because he started hating his life, and went back to programming/embedded engineering for the fun of it.
Age does make you wonder if you were turned down for an offer because of subconscious ageism, but I am not aware of rampant problems with it.
You do have to be careful to give everybody's proposals a chance, instead of just pattern-matching to something awful in your past.
Keeping an open mind is a discipline.
Having kids helps you rediscover what you once loved, helps you recover from jaded oldsterism.
- Roboprog 10y agoOnce in a while, I get to help my college age daughter learn "R" programming. That's a pretty interesting language, which she probably knows better than I do now. (at least operational knowledge of the library, but not all the Computer Science aspects) Conversely, it's interesting that my adult child is now having to deal with a bout of "imposter syndrome" :-)