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As a 40 something, you have a lot of strength and experience to leverage. Much of it might apply to programming. For instance: * People Skills - This is crit
by eigenrick 13y ago
As a 40 something, you have a lot of strength and experience to leverage. Much of it might apply to programming.
For instance:
* People Skills - This is critical in almost every programming job, understanding what and why to do is more important is more important than how. Good communication is the path to that and many programmers get this wrong.
* Writing - Being able to take a ton of ideas and organize them into coherent, modular sections.
* Discipline - One thing that I have far more of at 35 than I did at 22. It is a critical component to learning as well as working through problems correctly (not half-assing it)
- jerf 13y agoDon't forget Domain Knowledge! You were probably doing something up until you were 40. You know a loooot more about whatever it is than someone graduating from college. Play that to the hilt. It is often incredibly valuable. Plus eigenrick's suggestions also specialize to your domain; for instance, if you were in construction (which I saw someone post a very similar question from once), not only do you know the construction world, you know how to speak their language, at both conscious and subconscious levels. You can comfort & reassure a construction buyer more than any random schmoe ever could. And so on.