Developer's Age !
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Kareem Shaker wrote:
and if you are somehow old, let's say 35
Hey, don't discriminate us old people! You'll be one of us in about 5 years...
Regards, mav -- Black holes are the places where God divided by 0...
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Kareem Shaker wrote:
and if you are somehow old, let's say 35
Hey, don't discriminate us old people! You'll be one of us in about 5 years...
Regards, mav -- Black holes are the places where God divided by 0...
Hey, I am so sorry if you've got it as discriminatory expression, I just wanted to give an example, with all respect to you. However, I am eager to hear about your experience, I know I will be 35 in 5 years time, that's why I want to learn from your experience :)
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
I have chated with developers in CP at the age of 70.... depends on the person
Alberto Bar-Noy Project Manager http://www.consist.co.il
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
G#d d#mn! Am I already close to written off as a dev? I actually feel like I'm starting to have a feel for what works and what doesn't, especially how to do complex designs, and recognizing when a design gets too complex for maintenance.
Wout
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I have chated with developers in CP at the age of 70.... depends on the person
Alberto Bar-Noy Project Manager http://www.consist.co.il
That's great, I know that there are developers aged at 50-60, but never thought about 70!, however it's good to know about that. Thanks.
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Hey, I am so sorry if you've got it as discriminatory expression, I just wanted to give an example, with all respect to you. However, I am eager to hear about your experience, I know I will be 35 in 5 years time, that's why I want to learn from your experience :)
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Oops, forgot the smiley... Here it comes: ;P
Regards, mav -- Black holes are the places where God divided by 0...
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
I don't think age is a real issue. Once programming is in your blood you will do for your entire life, whether as a career or hobby!
Kareem Shaker wrote:
and if you are somehow old, let's say 35,
Age is just a state of mind! Mike @ 58
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. "George Carlin"
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Kareem Shaker wrote:
do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management
You do that when dementia kicks in.
[My Blog] "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe
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I don't think age is a real issue. Once programming is in your blood you will do for your entire life, whether as a career or hobby!
Kareem Shaker wrote:
and if you are somehow old, let's say 35,
Age is just a state of mind! Mike @ 58
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. "George Carlin"
Yup, I believe so, even if you move to project management, or do any other job, you will always be longing to development, it's in your gens!, esp. when the one likes what he does so much, but I speak about development as a lifetime career.
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Kareem Shaker wrote:
do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management
You do that when dementia kicks in.
[My Blog] "Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus "Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe
That's cool :laugh:
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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I don't think it should depend on the age. As far as one is enjoying coding he should continue with that. :)
Apurva Kaushal
OK, that's good but have you ever felt that it's time to stop and shift to consultations or project management ?
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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OK, that's good but have you ever felt that it's time to stop and shift to consultations or project management ?
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Hello, Just wanted to know if there are people out there willing to complete their lives in programming, in other words, how do you plan your career vs. your age, I have seen developers aged at 40s and 50s, do you think that the one should quit development at a certain age and shift to technical consultations or project management, and if you are old, and still into code, does this make you small or big ( I think it varies from one country to another ) ? Please share your experience here !
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Dear I think the programming is very exhausting process, so I think the max age I can do this job is 35 after that I think team leading and project management will be more suitable for me. At last I would thank you for posting this interesting issue that I was in needs to here other voices about it. thank you Ahmed A. Korany
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Not yet.. Although I am currently handling a team lead role. But also doing sufficient amount of coding work. :) Honestly speaking now is the time when I started enjoying the coding work. ;)
Apurva Kaushal
I think you've started to enjoy it because it's less than before, as you're leading now;)
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Dear I think the programming is very exhausting process, so I think the max age I can do this job is 35 after that I think team leading and project management will be more suitable for me. At last I would thank you for posting this interesting issue that I was in needs to here other voices about it. thank you Ahmed A. Korany
Being a teamlead doesn't make you stop programming, sometimes the team gets stuck at some snippet of code, and you have to write it, also sometimes you will need to do code refactoring!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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I think you've started to enjoy it because it's less than before, as you're leading now;)
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Kareem Shaker wrote:
I think you've started to enjoy it because it's less than before, as you're leading now
:-D May be correct. But what I think is now I am having some better understanding of the technology and the domain, so I like to play with all those. :)
Apurva Kaushal
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Being a teamlead doesn't make you stop programming, sometimes the team gets stuck at some snippet of code, and you have to write it, also sometimes you will need to do code refactoring!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
Yes Kareem but this will not be your daily work that you must do all the time :)
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Being a teamlead doesn't make you stop programming, sometimes the team gets stuck at some snippet of code, and you have to write it, also sometimes you will need to do code refactoring!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
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Yes Kareem but this will not be your daily work that you must do all the time :)
Sometimes, you will have to work as a lead ,and a developer as well, to meet some deadline, this is not the perfect job, but it's inevitable!
Kareem Shaker http://cairocafe.blogspot.com
