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31, professionally since being 20. I think many people mistake that programming is a young man's job. Yet I found out that over time, as I aged, married and had

31, professionally since being 20. I think many people mistake that programming is a young man's job. Yet I found out that over time, as I aged, married and had a child - I got better in my work. Many argue that programming is an art, while I'd say that begin professional is 99% of the job. And usually you get better with being professional with age. You tend to consider more factors, you start to understand the value of homework and managing work-life balance. In my opinion getting older only grows your experience and in many cases grows you as a better person. Therefore, there really is use for old people in this business :)

sangnoir 9y ago
> I got better in my work[...]And usually you get better with being professional with age. You tend to consider more factors, you start to understand the value of homework and managing work-life balance. As a fellow 30-something y.o. I fully agree. However, I would be remiss not to mention a change of attitude towards tenacity/brute force programming. When I was younger, I could work an 8 hour day, come home, eat and put in 5 to 7 hours more on personal projects I found interesting, especially when I was stumped. I am now better at managing my time, prioritize taking care of myself (getting enough sleep), and can resist the siren-call of solving challenging problems in one go. Instead, I now chew over the problem with pen and paper if necessary, away from the keyboard and over smaller chunks of time until I have a framework for a solution. I've also stopped updating libraries and dependencies to the latest versions during development, not pinning versions was a rookie mistake.