Ageism in Programming

I'm 45, and started programming professionally only 15 years ago or so. Am I counted among the old ones? ;-)

Well, you are "old". Yup, over thirty, you have missed the boat. Welcome to the new ageism.FWIW, I'm 47 and was programming assembly and microcode in my youth. So I have 10 years on you. At this scale, I doubt the difference matters much. Because you are old, too.

May be it was 16 years to learn programming to the level of making this. 16 years at 58 could mean OP started at age 42 as a career pivot

I learned to code at 28 and have been doing it professionally for 10 years now. Coding is easier than it used to be. I don't think an age limit applies.

Why do you think you came to programming "late" if you are in your 30s? Have you faced any age discrimination?

54 yr old here, 32 of experience in programming. Working on a startup, learning something new every day. Never short of offers, grateful for that and for having a rewarding profession.

You want to program, just program. It's hardly necessary to be a prodigy. At 30 you're still in the first quarter of your career.

41. I learned programming when I was 8 (basic on a C64) and I have as much fun programming today as I've ever had. Besides, there's no doubt I'm a better programmer today than I was 5 or 10 years ago and I keep learning new things.Actually, I'm more worried about ageism than about the decline of my abilities. I work in academia, but I wonder if I could get a software engineer position if I wanted to.

Let alone someone with 40-50 years programming?

Have you considered taking up programming now? In many ways, age is just a number.