I self-learned to code at 30

Re:I self-learned to code at 30 by bmitc on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @11:30AM (#26492594)

Would have is different than could have.

There’s lots of things in life I don’t care to learn, but it doesn’t mean I couldn’t. To be perfectly frank, programming is one of the easier things in life I’ve learned, and it’s usually only difficult for the wrong reasons like poor documentation, bugs in other people’s code, people, etc.

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Re:I self-learned to code at 30 by loblollyboy on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @11:40AM (#26492720)

This. First of all, I don’t think there is a “critical” period for learning programming like there is for languages, or motor skills (try learning to skateboard as an adult). My school curriculum, a foreign language and, yes, skateboarding have all been a lot more challenging than programming. I’d say that learning network administration is probably a lot harder too b/c stuff like that isn’t as logical as a programming language.

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Re:I self-learned to code at 30 by sixQuarks on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @11:48AM (#26492830)

I actually meant could have.

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