Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer
by donatj on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @10:00AM
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I'm about to turn 30 in just over a month. I got my first programming job at 20 and am seriously wondering where my twenties went? Honestly it terrifies me how quickly they went. All of my twenties went about as fast as tenth grade. I blame the time shift of programming. I hear about all the adventures my wife had before we met and just think "well I was busy programming". Since getting married in September I have spent much less of my home time programming. I've gone from initially resentful to grateful more recently. Time seems to have slowed.
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Great realization. I'm in a similar boat. On the upside, 30 is still quite young, there's lots of time to do other stuff and slow things down ever more.
The grandparents were telling us the 40's are your best years. You have the money to do things and your body still cooperates most of the time.
I can't say I had exactly the same experience. My 20s seemed to drag, my 30s? My 30s are flying by. Between moving continents, establishing myself in a new market, getting married, buy a house, having kids. I feel like I've blinked and I'm in my mid 30s.
The days are long the years are short.