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I learned how to program when I was 30. I actually found it really natural and easy. Now (one year later) I work fulltime as the programmer for a small games co

I learned how to program when I was 30. I actually found it really natural and easy. Now (one year later) I work fulltime as the programmer for a small games company. So age is certainly no barrier.

codazoda 12y ago
Bravo. I started early, 10, but I've heard of others learning later in life. I'm now 38 and still learning.
lurkha 12y ago
What was your previous profession ?
- everyone 12y ago
  Architect. Though in between I spent a few years working in IT on helpdesks and stuff. I didnt really like architecture + the work was drying up. I put my ease of getting into programming down to.. 1. I am just a natural. I'm very logical and think in terms of structure and organisation by nature. 2. I grew up with a C64 and then a series of pc's, from a 286 running DOS onwards, in my home. Though I never did any programming on them, I just played games on them. Though back then getting games working was all command-line and editing autoexec.bat and so on. When I was about to start learning programming recently I was apprehensive that I would find it hard because I had never done it when I was young. I also think years of architecture helped somehow. Architectural design is often about organising lots of competing elements into a structure or framework that makes sense. The project management aspect of it is useful for most jobs, also whats described as AGILE by software developers (doing a design, evaluating / critiquing it, then designing again etc.) has been the standard in architecture since time immemorial.
Scramblejams 12y ago
Me too! Picked it up at 30 and spent about 8 years doing professional software development. Then I went back to school, got a degree, started an entirely new career and have kept moonlighting in software ever since. It's so gratifying picking up new things as you get older, and having options in employment is really valuable.

I learned how to program when I was 30. I actually found it really natural and easy. Now (one year later) I work fulltime as the programmer for a small games company. So age is certainly no barrier.

codazoda 12y ago

Bravo. I started early, 10, but I've heard of others learning later in life. I'm now 38 and still learning.

lurkha 12y ago

What was your previous profession ?

everyone 12y ago
Architect. Though in between I spent a few years working in IT on helpdesks and stuff. I didnt really like architecture + the work was drying up. I put my ease of getting into programming down to.. 1. I am just a natural. I'm very logical and think in terms of structure and organisation by nature. 2. I grew up with a C64 and then a series of pc's, from a 286 running DOS onwards, in my home. Though I never did any programming on them, I just played games on them. Though back then getting games working was all command-line and editing autoexec.bat and so on. When I was about to start learning programming recently I was apprehensive that I would find it hard because I had never done it when I was young. I also think years of architecture helped somehow. Architectural design is often about organising lots of competing elements into a structure or framework that makes sense. The project management aspect of it is useful for most jobs, also whats described as AGILE by software developers (doing a design, evaluating / critiquing it, then designing again etc.) has been the standard in architecture since time immemorial.

Scramblejams 12y ago

Me too! Picked it up at 30 and spent about 8 years doing professional software development. Then I went back to school, got a degree, started an entirely new career and have kept moonlighting in software ever since. It's so gratifying picking up new things as you get older, and having options in employment is really valuable.