Age limit?

Question

is there an age limit to learning php? I am interested in learning php but a few of my friends told me I am too young.
I am 16 years old.

Answer 1

I'm 15 and I'm learning PHP, HTML, JavaScript, and many more. Age is just a random number when it comes to learning and programming.

Answer 2

Programmers don't age. They can re-initialize themselves.

Answer 3

ha! never too young. never too old!

Answer 4

teenager (13 - 19) is the optimum age to start programming, because it is good to exercise logic that will benefit your study.

Answer 5

Mark Zuckerberg became a programmer when he was only 12 years old and by reading the book "C++ for dummies" and later getting a tutor 😊 so yeah, go for it!

Answer 6

Hatsy!

Answer 7

I started when I was 10 and now I am 13

Answer 8

@rivkah

There is not age limit.

You can learn as much coding as you want!

Answer 9

So...you're learning some computer science.

From "What Do You Care What Other People Think" (Richard Feynman) *:

"The only way to have real success in science...is to describe the evidence very carefully without regard to the way you feel it should be. If you have a theory, you must try to explain what’s good and what’s bad about it equally. In science, you learn a kind of standard integrity and honesty."

People regularly give advice based on feelings over facts (and not always in your best interest, if they're sparing their own fear of your possible disappointment). But this is your experience and obviously the advice hasn't kept you from asking (thinking) for yourself. If it doesn't work for you, you can get more information...try another language, ask a career counselor (do you want one who sells you brave, or safe?) someone with industry experience, or look at what's happening at your age.

This organization works with girls 6th grade and up:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Who_Code
https://girlswhocode.com

I tend to assume people can adapt--it doesn't have to be a perfect fit (and SoloLearn has some choices)--so of the "what do YOU want to do" strategies there's also this approach:
Try something, see how it goes...regroup, and ask again.

* https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman#What_Do_You_Care_What_Other_People_Think.3F_.281988.29
(edited text slightly after 2 votes)

Answer 10

thank you at least someone believes in me😥

Answer 11

I started learning 8-9 yrs old.....not too old XD

Answer 12

thank you everyone. all your answers made me smile. thank you so much😁

Answer 13

No age limits. The only limitations that matter are the ones you place on yourself or have forced upon you by others in a position of power or authority. I could have been learning calculus, foreign languages, music composition AND programming at age 3 back in the 1970s, but adults, schools, and the generally unintelligent masses make the assumption and the choice that I could not, and so I was never even given access or encouragement. Society further reinforces negative stereotypes about people with physical disabilities (more severe than race or gender or age discrimination) and makes additional assumptions about capabilities and places arbitrary restrictions on what they will allow you to be exposed to.

If you have enough interest and intelligence and curiosity, then waste no time and teach yourself. Ignore everything else people say about why you should not learn. Life is too short and precious to waste on people who lack faith, hope, imagination, courage, intelligence, vision, curiosity and wonder. Listen only to people who want to help, to teach, to offer volunteer or paid work experience, and who speak to you as a valued peer rather than anything less.

Answer 14

Coding = Love = No age limit! :)

Answer 15

If you have love for coding, you can learn it at any age...👍✌

Answer 16

I started learning at Khan Academy then i found out about SoloLearn.
Actually i stopped learning at Khan Academy cause i was only limited to a mobile connection.
And Khan Academy was teaching JavaScript

Answer 17

I wish I started to learn code at the age 8. I started it at 13 all by curiosity. now im 17.. it really help us to think logically..
writing code is fun 💙

Answer 18

Hahahha XD i think i started to code at 7-9 yrs old

Answer 19

I dont really remember.
Its in between those ages

Answer 20

no age limit computer programming