Who is still programming past 65 yo?
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
71 and still going strong!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
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71 and still going strong!
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
57, having big problem converting conventinal apps to browser apps. Anyway still relaxed: Smiles at the new technologies (browser apps). Something fails every week then and when because 'something' in the depths of the web frameworks (be it vue, stencil, react, whatever) has changed. :)
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
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Have you checked your spam/junk folder. Sometime that's where they hide. I checked your account and you should be getting the weekly.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Have you checked your spam/junk folder. Sometime that's where they hide. I checked your account and you should be getting the weekly.
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
Look at me, hijacking a thread ... nope, no junk, nothing hiding ... the caveat to all this is that sometimes I get notifications of posts to my posts; this post fregzample ... no notification. It's alright, mind you ... I live here in cp with my browser open so I always know what's going on ...
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57, having big problem converting conventinal apps to browser apps. Anyway still relaxed: Smiles at the new technologies (browser apps). Something fails every week then and when because 'something' in the depths of the web frameworks (be it vue, stencil, react, whatever) has changed. :)
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
Trying to learn RUST but no motivation becuase don't have a use for it yet. Relearning WPF, doing a huge app...taking forever. Up keeping web site with .NET MVC. Doing several embedded projects. Just ain't enough time in the day.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27. JaxCoder.com
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
Still a couple of years to go, but I plan to still write software after turning 65, despite not having had a proper job for 15 years. :)
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
Getting close to it. While still enjoy programming, I find it would be intellectually dishonest to do it for hire. My memory is still good enough to remember how I was doing it some years ago, but not good enough to keep in play the myriad things you need while programming. My advice would be more for those in their 20es or 30es: think of your carrier as being in professional sports. No one told me that in programming, like in sports, you peek early and there is no going back. Go for the kill (and fun) while you still can! Once you passed a certain age, the joy of being in the zone and writing code as if the program writes itself and you are a mere scribe obeying to the logical structures you have just created, all that is gone. You remain with the knowledge and the experience but not the force to do it. You can move in management or teaching but the satisfaction of being a coder or sometimes what they call a 10x coder, all that is gone. Just my 0.02$
Mircea
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
I know someone who does, and my only wisdom for him is: don't :sigh: He got kind of stuck in his old Clipper days and doesn't seem to understand OOP. Like just enough OOP to make it complicated, but not nearly enough to make it work nice and easy. I'm now maintaining his code and getting paid so I guess I shouldn't complain too much :laugh: I guess the advice would be, keep learning, don't get stuck in old habits. Come to think of it, I have similar stories for 20-somethings, 30-somethings, 40-somethings and 50-somethings. I guess age isn't really an issue :D
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57, having big problem converting conventinal apps to browser apps. Anyway still relaxed: Smiles at the new technologies (browser apps). Something fails every week then and when because 'something' in the depths of the web frameworks (be it vue, stencil, react, whatever) has changed. :)
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question Chemists have exactly one rule: there are only exceptions
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
Nearly but not quite there yet. But I'm intrigued as to why you're asking about a specific age? Is it because you're there yourself, or because you perceive 65 to be some sort of milestone? Does your employer treat you differently after 65? Your co-workers? (Why would your co-workers even know your age anyway...?). If they ask, just write down "41". Let 'em assume decimal, if they're that narrow minded. They'll cut you some slack too; if you're 41 and look like that, you deserve it! :laugh:
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Nearly but not quite there yet. But I'm intrigued as to why you're asking about a specific age? Is it because you're there yourself, or because you perceive 65 to be some sort of milestone? Does your employer treat you differently after 65? Your co-workers? (Why would your co-workers even know your age anyway...?). If they ask, just write down "41". Let 'em assume decimal, if they're that narrow minded. They'll cut you some slack too; if you're 41 and look like that, you deserve it! :laugh:
I adjust the base so my age is always 42. (Where does it say that the base has to be integral?)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I know someone who does, and my only wisdom for him is: don't :sigh: He got kind of stuck in his old Clipper days and doesn't seem to understand OOP. Like just enough OOP to make it complicated, but not nearly enough to make it work nice and easy. I'm now maintaining his code and getting paid so I guess I shouldn't complain too much :laugh: I guess the advice would be, keep learning, don't get stuck in old habits. Come to think of it, I have similar stories for 20-somethings, 30-somethings, 40-somethings and 50-somethings. I guess age isn't really an issue :D
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Sander Rossel wrote:
Come to think of it, I have similar stories for 20-somethings, 30-somethings, 40-somethings and 50-somethings. I guess age isn't really an issue
There are plenty of people out there who have 1 year's experience - 25 times over. :sigh:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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Sander Rossel wrote:
Come to think of it, I have similar stories for 20-somethings, 30-somethings, 40-somethings and 50-somethings. I guess age isn't really an issue
There are plenty of people out there who have 1 year's experience - 25 times over. :sigh:
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Nicely said :laugh: :thumbsup:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
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I am curious as to who is still writing software after turning 65? Any bits of wisdom you want to share about being a developer over 65, or you younger folks having to work with us older developers? 🙂
