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Can you be dev in your 30s...?

indra on January 23, 2022

Hi dev world and the wonderful people out there, let me tell you a little about me, I(he/his) am a humanities nomad,who's in my 30s and now into ...
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Hey Indra :) I will you all the best for your journey to become a developer. I myself started the journey by the end of 2020 and found a job 4 months ago, also in my 30s. I regularly post on Twitter about how I become a programmer, in case you are interested.

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indra

Hi, yuridevat(parden😷me, if I mis-spelled the name, I didn't mean that but it's new name to meπŸ€—πŸ˜‡πŸ€“πŸ€—) and yes I already read your blog yesterday and now your Twitter followers too, let's be in touch at Twitter, until I get stuck in my new job life, wish me luck and help me as time permits to you after the job πŸ€“πŸ˜‡, thanks in tons.

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My name is actually Julia, but no worries about my name. I wish you best of luck, you can do this! πŸ’ͺ

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Andrew Baisden

Hey infra of course you can be a developer in your 30's. I have met people who are 50+ who just started learning to code and some of them have already got hired.

Good luck on your journey!

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indra

hi Andrew πŸ™‚,
Thankyou foe the wishes. Yes I am very optimistic with learning phase and enjoying it all.πŸ™‹πŸ€“πŸ€—.

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Joerg

Hey all,
oh, that reads very well, then I might still have a chance to finally learn programming at 50+

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indra

Hi joerge, yes ofcourse it's always possible and it's interesting phase while learning anything newπŸ€“πŸ™‡hope you will enjoy it too, keep it up, it's doable, just grab coffee and get started 🎯

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Joerg

oh i will need a lot of coffee to do this journey 😁

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indra

Ahha, sure but make sure, you don't become addicted to coffee more,than code... because the coffee is for code and code isn't for coffee πŸ˜‹πŸ˜‰

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Steven Mc;leod • Edited

I am trying to be a dev in my 40's, never too late wish you all the best on your journey :)

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indra

Thanks a lot, Wish you the same πŸ€—