There not such thing as negative effect of hoping. As long, you last at least a year it is typical for Junior to switch jobs. You want to switch jobs to get exp

There not such thing as negative effect of hoping. As long, you last at least a year it is typical for Junior to switch jobs. You want to switch jobs to get experience and fair wages. If you are any good at programming companies will shower you with money and give golden handcuffs. You have decades of work before people start perceived you as old. If you save a portion of your wages you can retire when you are 50-60. Because programming exploded in the last two decades you will have plenty of old peers by the time you are old. You are 23. My wife started to learn programming when she was 33!. I went back to school when I was 26 to get MSc and start a programming career.