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I didn't become a developer until just after my 40th birthday. I'm 45 now. I'm doing just fine.
by PopeDotNinja 6y ago
I didn't become a developer until just after my 40th birthday. I'm 45 now. I'm doing just fine.
- Noumenon72 6y agoSame for me, but it may actually be easier if you're 42 with two years of experience than twenty years. You're cheap, not specialized, and trainable.
- PopeDotNinja 6y agoYes to being trainable, but good luck getting training. I jumped straight into mid-level roles. No one would take me seriously for a junior role, so I used failed interviews to learn how to sound more experienced than I was. Then I got in over my head and failed my way up for a couple years. That is also my anecdotal evidence for software engineering interviews being crap. If someone w/ less than idea experience makes you think they have enough maturity to do the job well, maybe your interview kind of stinks.