pookietuesdays

I never really said it was easy. I pursued medicine in part because of pressure from family. I am not looking for an out, just trying to pursue an interest and see what it’s like professionally, which is why I asked here. You make a lot of assumptions which are very wrong.

sorry I upset you

I mean I know I can get a job somewhere as a developer, even as a junior.

I'm asking to forecast 40+ because I'm essentially broke right now and have no idea of prospects beyond that age, and if I'll have enough saved by then because I have debt or if I should just forget it entirely and finish my degree. I genuinely have zero idea. For context, I would probably be 30 when I get my first engineering job if I did leave, so I feel like my fear can at least be understood if I truly believe I only had a 10 year window to work.

I did not say I'm going to switch. I'm just burnt out and considering a switch and trying to gather information. After reading all these comments I'm probably not going to, all from people with perspectives I didn't consider because I am not in this industry. I don't want your sympathy. I just wanted people's advice.

Sorry you took it the other way.

i am sorry you feel this way. i am rooting for you. it really gave me great perspective though. i appreciate your advice.

I misattributed what he said to employees instead of founders, which you're right and I am wrong.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-sil...

"Venture capitalists have a notorious bias against older founders—“older” being relative in youth-obsessed Silicon Valley. “The cutoff in investors’ heads is 32,” Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham (now 53) told the New York Times in 2013. “After 32, they start to be a little skeptical.”"

Sorry for the wrong title. I should have clarified where I'm coming from as a non-traditional prospect interested in breaking in.

I think you are right and I'm combining one thing said by Zuckerberg and another mentioned here by Graham

http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html

"Or more precisely, I think few realize the huge spread in the value of 20 year olds. Some, it's true, are not very capable. But others are more capable than all but a handful of 30 year olds."

So I am wrong

edit: I found where I am attributing Graham from. I am still wrong, but here is the context:

"Venture capitalists have a notorious bias against older founders—“older” being relative in youth-obsessed Silicon Valley. “The cutoff in investors’ heads is 32,” Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham (now 53) told the New York Times in 2013. “After 32, they start to be a little skeptical.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-sil...

thank you for your perspective. obviously i am completely naive about the real world so i appreciate you telling me what it is really like as a developer.

i am sorry you have been treated less than you deserve. i have been there/am there lol.

(i would code more if I had more time! I only have enough for a toy problem every couple of days)