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  • K Kareem Shaker

    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 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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    • K Kareem Shaker

      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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      DavidNohejl
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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

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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"

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        Kareem Shaker
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        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

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          That's cool :laugh:

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          • K Kareem Shaker

            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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            _AK_
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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

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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

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              Kareem Shaker
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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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              • K Kareem Shaker

                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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                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

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                • K Kareem Shaker

                  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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                  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

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                    Kareem Shaker
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                    I think you've started to enjoy it because it's less than before, as you're leading now;)

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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

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                      Kareem Shaker
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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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                      • K Kareem Shaker

                        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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                        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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                        • K Kareem Shaker

                          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 :)

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                          • K Kareem Shaker

                            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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                            _AK_
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                            That is quite correct. What I think is unless you join the community where you just need to look into the management issues, you cannot avoid programming.

                            Apurva Kaushal

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                              Yes Kareem but this will not be your daily work that you must do all the time :)

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                              Kareem Shaker
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                              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

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                                Yes Kareem but this will not be your daily work that you must do all the time :)

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                                But as kareem said some time it becomes really tough to handle both the things coding plus team issues. :)

                                Apurva Kaushal

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                                • K Kareem Shaker

                                  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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                                  once a coder always a coder!! I enjoy challenges, creating new stuff playing with tech... i can't imagine myself to quit coding...

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                                    once a coder always a coder!! I enjoy challenges, creating new stuff playing with tech... i can't imagine myself to quit coding...

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                                    Almost my thought.. :-D

                                    Apurva Kaushal

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                                    • K Kareem Shaker

                                      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

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                                      And I think also coding requires less intelligent and knowledge if compared with analysis and software architectural design, so I consider the coding stage is building blocks for the next ones. Ahmed A. Korany

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                                      • K Kareem Shaker

                                        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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                                        • K Kareem Shaker

                                          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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                                          Developers are like wine: the older, the better.


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