I know few of my senior from iits who started coaching classes in their respective town once they reached 40s in their career of it. I have been using computers windows, linux for most of my life in one way or another. Like another respondent i indeed find myself sharing my knowledge and energy more. From the past few months, i have been thinking about the software development job. In search of the fabled elephants graveyard of software developers over 40 we all know that software development is a young mans game.
Then get replaced by a 20 year old willing to work 80 hour weeks for half the cost. It started like this, i was using some website and some desktop applications and was wondering how it was built. Where have all the 50yearold software engineers gone. Stories from 300 developers who got their first tech job. Around 2007, when i turned 40, i decided i was more interested in solving problems for people than in continually. If you like coding, you enjoy creating software, dont change a career. I have experience working as a developer, architect, scrum master, team lead, etc. Software developers who started after 35, 40 or 50.
How will the life of an indian software engineer be after. Im 40 years old too and working my way through the freecodecamp course. Before you turn 40, get a plan b by john fuex reply programmers. Before you turn 40, get a plan b as a programmer about to turn 50, im a bit leery of the notion that age discrimination in the field is as pervasive as some people say, but this blog post does a reasonable job of laying out the issues. Now, at age 51, i have worked professionally as a software engineer for.
I manage a small team currently 2 developers, 1 test engineer, and a product owner, and should be adding 24 more devs over the summer. Hi, i come from a different background music and would like to switch to software development for many reasons the main ones being money and love of ocmputers. If i lose my passion for software at age 40, 50 or 60, i would be very. The po and i still wear our developer hats for a good portion of the day. There is no career in it after 40 in india for techies. There was a new member at the last event, a 41year old developer. Lets listen to the stories of top software developers after 40, 50 and 60. Software developers after 40, 50 and 60 whore still coding.
Before you turn 40, get a plan b improving software chaosplay, on august 2, 2019 at 12. They often have better wisdom and life skills, and are mot. I think just about everyone should have a plan b regardless of what they do. I am a 38 years developer, and i am thriving on the senior developer role, which by the way is ultimately indistinguishable from architect they are both fuzzy. If i lose my passion for software at age 40, 50 or 60, i would be very open to pursuing something new at any point in my life. Top programmers who write code after 40 years belitsoft. Stories from 300 developers who got their first tech job in their 30s.
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