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I learned to code when I was 30. I was already employed at a technology company to monitor the network. So that was definite plus. 12 years later, and 3 more c
by je_bailey 13y ago
I learned to code when I was 30. I was already employed at a technology company to monitor the network. So that was definite plus.
12 years later, and 3 more companies and I'm a software architect with a major vendor on a team where I'm about in the middle "age" wise.
The only time I ever felt that age played a part was an interview I did for a company that was in start up mode with chief architects that were about half my age. I had no problem walking away from that one.
- boingyjump 13y agoWhat helped you learn the most? Did you have a project/idea that drove you along?
- je_bailey 13y agoThat's a hard question to answer. There were a combination of motives and opportunities. Motives were things like a strong desire to prove myself combined with an anger at the lob sided salaries. Opportunities were a major application that was written so badly (in java) that I learned a lot by fixing and refactoring. A poor social life that came from a divorce and moving states gave me an opportunity to spend an additional 40+ hours a week after work coding and experimenting and seeing what I could do. In a more general sense. Giving myself a goal and working on figuring out how to achieve it in code was far better for me then merely reading a text.