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Re:Programming is hard by rikroots on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @06:08AM (#26722667)
While there is a degree of ageism in the industry - avoid companies that advertise their ethos as "work hard and play hard" because having to do most of your office politics half-drunk in the bars after work is not much fun - there are also a lot of people in the industry who genuinely care more about a person's ability to learn and adapt than the date on a birth certificate. Believe in your abilities. Wishing you good health for the future!
Re:Programming is hard by orionblastar on Thursday April 08, 2021 @01:32AM (#26735394)
Thank you, I learned 27 different languages since 1979, most are so old that there are no jobs for them anymore. I used to be a master at Visual BASIC until Dotnet came out.

I can learn any language on the market if I wanted to. I am a quick learner as I have the theories of computer science in my head as I learn.

Re:Programming is hard by rikroots on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:07PM (#26755437)
My first "paid" gig was winning £50 for submitting a game written in AMOS Basic to an Amiga computer magazine, which got picked as the magazine's "Game of the month". It's still an achievement I'm really proud about.
Re:Programming is hard by cutemonster on Thursday April 08, 2021 @03:53AM (#26736171)
What are your 4? favorite languages? (Among those 27 :-))
Re:Programming is hard by orionblastar on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:16AM (#26736314)
BASIC, C, Ada, COBOL.
Re:Programming is hard by cutemonster on Thursday April 08, 2021 @10:56AM (#26739527)
Ok. I like Ada a bit, we studied at University, incl for a hard real time simulation problem :-) Never did any COBOL

Have a nice weekend tomorrow