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Young developers taken seriously?
Hello. So i am currently 18 years and been doing programming for about a year and a half. Recently i moved to a bigger city where i found several programmer meetups. I am a little nervous going to these meetups as i can only see people in the range of 30-50 going to them, and i got a feeling i wont be taken seriously as a developer. What would you think if you saw a young developer (lets say 15-18) enter a meetup/presentation?
- wilfra 14y agoSkills are what matter, not your age. In some respects, it's probably harder to be taken seriously as a 50-year old than as an 18-year old. People will assume you don't know the latest technologies and/or are set in your ways and/or are too expensive, while the opposite will be assumed of a teenage developer.
- paulhauggis 14y agoYou only have a little over a year of programming experience. How seriously do you want to be taken?
- Foxboron 14y agoAs seriously as any developers want to be taken.
- gruseom 14y agoThe best programmers couldn't care less about age. They care about programming. Just keep learning and you'll be fine. Also, ask good questions. Good programmers like to explain things.
- Foxboron 14y ago"The best programmers", i am fairly sure we are talking about an average programmer (with one-two exception). So what does an average programmer think? I do also believe this question is result of my own insecurity :P
- gruseom 14y agoGore Vidal said: "Here's a bit of advice for anyone who wants to get on in the world. It doesn't matter what they think of you; what matters is what you think of them."