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My dev career died at 35 and is now alive again at 37. I spent the last two years at a startup as a PM. Jumping over the fence into the world of product managem
by milchek 5y ago
My dev career died at 35 and is now alive again at 37. I spent the last two years at a startup as a PM. Jumping over the fence into the world of product management gave me a new appreciation for both sides of the process and I spent a lot of the time wishing I could get back on the tools and build something.
That said, I do see that it's mostly younger devs in the game, and the crazy thing is, even though I'm more "senior" they have more experience in current tech stacks because things move so fast in the digital space. A big chunk of my career was spent developing in tech stacks that are now obsolete or out of fashion.
I don't mind though, another big reason to return to dev was to keep learning and keep being challenged, and I haven't experiences any kind of agism so far. I guess we'll see what it's like if I'm still a dev at 40, 50 or beyond.