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Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by joshmanders on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @09:09AM (#11438493)
Thanks guys, you all make me feel better about turning 31 in a month and a half and have been coding since 15.
Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by valine on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @09:45AM (#11438706)
I stated coding when I was 11. I turned 19 a couple months ago. I guess that makes me one of those junior developers everyone talks about.
Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by ska on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @10:31AM (#11438979)
Coding as a child often makes you a better junior developer. It very rarely makes you anything but a junior developer, your first few years full time at it.
Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer by valine on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @11:48AM (#11439554)
This is very true. I had my first full time internship last summer and although I wouldn't say I was unprepared, it opened my eyes to all the things I don't know. Code reviews take some getting used to when you're coming from a purely academic world. From reading hacker news I knew there would be blindspots in my education. It felt good filling in some of the blanks.