Should I start programming at 30+ if I haven't programmed before?

Question

Programming

Will I be able to compete with those who are younger and find a job? How long does it take to get Junior status and start being listed on the market. Or am I too old for this?

Answer 1

You say that as if at the age of 30 you have no arms and legs and your eye has fallen out.
Get it done and ask less stupid questions on the toaster.

Answer 2

My grandfather started learning programming at ~75 years old.
Now he is programming airplanes and quadrocopters on ATxmega in atmel studio. "Flight normal".

Answer 3

If you're going to do programming (embroidery/dog walking/spitting at the ceiling) just for the money, don't. Wasting your time and energy on something that is not interesting (other than in connection with the dough) is a bad idea.

Answer 4

At the very beginning, except as a hobby. If there are great successes and the same great interest, perhaps you have a talent for this and you should think about changing your profession.
Life is too short to master several professions - sometimes it is not even enough to become an expert in even one area.

Answer 5

Programming is always worth learning. plus programming teaches to think. in principle, it is always worth learning, especially at 30+ your brains have not dried up yet and you need to strain them all the time until they dry up completely. the only thing that annoys me is if you are 30+ and I am 26, then why am I telling you about this and not you to me))) no offense, it just turned out ironically)

Answer 6

As said above, if for the sake of material gain or status, then don’t even start, there are a lot of other professions where the entry threshold is low and the income is high.
If you decide to learn, start with Python or Java, but not PHP!

Answer 7

Definitely worth it. It's like building a constructor. start small javabegin.com

Answer 8

If at the age of 30 you cannot solve such issues on your own, then no, you should not.

Answer 9

Of course it's worth it. I knew a former policeman (!!!) who became a microcontroller programmer, and he retrained at the age of about 30 years.
We need to start doing this for a year, and then honestly ask ourselves whether it is worth continuing or not. I think a year is enough to work in junior positions.

Answer 10

Costs. And the easiest way to get fun and profit is to try to automate the routine that you have at your current job or at home.

Answer 11

It’s worth it, there are friends who have done it and are terribly happy with it. But they knew exactly why they started, they had certain ideas that needed to be implemented, respectively, they chose the language for these ideas and quickly implemented them. If you decide to learn php, write))

Answer 12

and what should happen to the author at the age of 30 that will prevent this task?
I have a whole professional life ahead of me, so what's the problem?
this is not ballet or gymnastics, where age plays a key role.
on the contrary, like the tortoise and the hare from the famous fable, an experienced student will master everything methodically correctly in a shorter time and make fewer mistakes ...

Answer 13

costs

Answer 14

If the web, then you can start with a content manager, slowly study html, then you can also php (it's not difficult)

Answer 15

Costs. They don't get shot for it.

Answer 16

And what happened to you at 30+ years old that you ask such a question?

Answer 17

I would say this: if it is interesting, then it is definitely worth it. But if such a question arose, it means that it is more necessary than interesting. And without interest, this should not be done at any age.

Answer 18

one man created a website, he is somewhere 60+ years old, it's not about age

Answer 19

Well, what did you all pounce on, they say, but what's wrong with 30,? yes full of everything! someone has a family, someone has a family and a job, and how to combine all this with programming if you want to eat, and for many, even at work, there will be no time even just to practice.
I myself am a little over 30 and so far I have embarked on this "Crooked" path :) And frankly, I don’t understand shit what’s going on with programming now, I remember 10 tapes ago there were some development environments, languages ​​and, accordingly, specialists for them, and now all sorts of githubs shmabs .. how does it all work, and besides, corporations also attract, as I understand it, such employees as full-time programmers, and how to find an employer in such conditions .. and it seems to me that the right question here is not "is it worth it?" , and "how to orient?"