There was a new member at the last event, a 41year old developer. Stories from 300 developers who got their first tech job. Is it too late for me to start a career in software development. Hi, i come from a different background music and would like to switch to software development for many reasons the main ones being money and love of ocmputers. I think just about everyone should have a plan b regardless of what they do. Then get replaced by a 20 year old willing to work 80 hour weeks for half the cost. I mean, seriously, being in my 40s, having worked for the last 11 years of my life as a teller, was it the right decision. Where have all the 50yearold software engineers gone. How to commit suicide by software engineering, and how not to. Like another respondent i indeed find myself sharing my knowledge and energy more. Im now 40 years old and recently took a position as software development manager. If i lose my passion for software at age 40, 50 or 60, i would be very open to pursuing something new at any point in my life. I have been using computers windows, linux for most of my life in one way or another. Top programmers who write code after 40 years belitsoft.
If you like coding, you enjoy creating software, dont change a career. Software developers after 40, 50 and 60 whore still coding. Software developers who started after 35, 40 or 50. Now, at age 51, i have worked professionally as a software engineer for. How will the life of an indian software engineer be after. We dinosaurs we happy few are living evidence to the contrary. The po and i still wear our developer hats for a good portion of the day. I manage a small team currently 2 developers, 1 test engineer, and a product owner, and should be adding 24 more devs over the summer. I am a 38 years developer, and i am thriving on the senior developer role, which by the way is ultimately indistinguishable from architect they are both fuzzy. For additional pressure include a wife, four year old, and baby on the way. Is anyone here that became a developerprogrammer after 27, is it possible or am i too old. There is no career in it after 40 in india for techies.
Stories from 300 developers who got their first tech job in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. Joshua kraus speaks with two developers about learning to code, and starting to work in the field, after the age of 40. From the past few months, i have been thinking about the software development job. Im 40 years old too and working my way through the freecodecamp course. In search of the fabled elephants graveyard of software developers over 40 we all know that software development is a young mans game.
Software developers who started after 35, 40 or 50 hacker news. It started like this, i was using some website and some desktop applications and was wondering how it was built. I know few of my senior from iits who started coaching classes in their respective town once they reached 40s in their career of it. They often have better wisdom and life skills, and are mot. Before you turn 40, get a plan b as a programmer about to turn 50, im a bit leery of the notion that age discrimination in the field is as pervasive as some people say, but this blog post does a reasonable job of laying out the issues. Stories from 300 developers who got their first tech job in their 30s.