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[OFF-TOPIC] Over 40 years old coders talking?

I'm under the impression that here are some people in the age group or higher. Would you like to talk with me, I'm 46 years old dad from Finland Everyone is of course invited

25th Mar 2018, 7:52 PM
BrandnameOra
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BrandnameOra hello! just curious about how are you. it was great to reread the thread of your topic.
8th Aug 2018, 6:49 PM
tamaslud
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very nice, now we can create an over 40 chat in discord 👍😉
10th Apr 2018, 5:14 AM
tooselfish
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off-topic need to be like: [OFF-TOPIC] https://www.sololearn.com/Discuss/689391/?ref=app
25th Mar 2018, 8:38 PM
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There are users from many different demographics here! Some new learners young and old, some coders who would like some review. If you're interesting in chatting with and meeting other coders, we have a Discord server you could join! https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/689391/?ref=app
25th Mar 2018, 10:28 PM
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age = 40 age += xDays where xDays < 365 Yes I hit the big 40 last year. Dabbled in coding for about 20yrs but it's only been the past 9 months where I've had a professional use for anything other than VBA. My old boss (in both meanings, age and my previous employer) told me I'd missed the boat to be a programmer. "Poo to you" I thought and about 6 months later I changed jobs after literally running into an old colleague on a lunch break run. Jumped at the change to work on a BI tool. Knew very little about it but looked exciting. Now I get to play with SQL, JavaScript, Angular JS, CSS, HTML, VBA on a daily basis. Hired as a Senior Business Analyst, I recently became manager of the team. Work too many hours, but gradually implementing greater efficiency in the team. I love the challenge and chance to be creative. My brain is alive again after 9yrs of very little challenge. Felt trapped as needed to maintain income for family life. It's never too late to try something that inspires you and gives you energy for life. I'm a Dad of 2 and live in sunny Australia 😎
27th Apr 2018, 6:49 AM
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Xan I couldn't agree more about the _struggle_ being an invaluable learning tool. I, too, learned pre-internet and think this might have contributed to my approach to learning. I take a very hands on approach to validating concepts and prefer figuring something out by reverse engineering rather than asking. However, I often wonder if I would have been the same way regardless. Who knows? SQrL It sounds like an amazing opportunity and I now have a clearer context of understanding for many of your other posts. Keep it up man. You're well on your way. When I pair with junior developers, I tend to drive for 35% of the time where they watch me every step of the way. They learn how I think, shell out new concepts / structures in code, make corrections, look up references, think through a problem, etc. They see just how fast I go, how I avoid using the mouse where possible, how long I crank out code before needing to test again. I do this to show the pace they likely could never have thought possible so they can begin aspiring towards that level themselves. Oh... and I explain everything along the way giving them a chance to give me direction on what to do next. I then switch and take a backseat driver role. At first, I'm like a GPS telling them every step, removing the option for them to think. As they get more comfortable, I give less direction and let them start making mistakes and talking through the issues letting them experience troubleshooting, diagnostics, debugging, and trial and error. It's about as hard core of an on the job training experience a new developer can get and it's a blast for both parties. Hopefully, you are getting a similar opportunity. If not, look for it and I'm sure you'll grow at a more rapid pace.
10th Apr 2018, 12:42 PM
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@Jeff... Same here. I'm 42 and have been professionally developing the past 22 years.
26th Mar 2018, 7:11 AM
David Carroll
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Hello all, Thought I would chime in: 52 now, freelance programmed from age 8... grew up before the internet with a keyboard and 44 years later I have gone through numerous, as in to many to count. Written code in just about every code imaginable at one time or another. - New Years resolution 2017/18 return to programming for fun - while creating somethings professionally.
12th Apr 2018, 1:36 AM
BroFar
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I reached Gold Level this weekend.
16th Apr 2018, 12:54 PM
SQrL
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I am 44 and have been coding for my entire career.
26th Mar 2018, 4:01 AM
Jeff
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Not over 40 (33) but I thought everybody else here was younger than me 😁
26th Mar 2018, 8:33 AM
Memphis Reigns
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I did say that everyone is invited. It's just I think us middle aged people, or close to it, have a similar mind set. And I am interested in talking with you... And perhaps if younger people want to ask anything about coding or life in general, feel free to ask.
26th Mar 2018, 8:36 AM
BrandnameOra
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Xan I had a sense we were close in age. What sort of development do you do professionally?
10th Apr 2018, 2:02 AM
David Carroll
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Ah... yes... that makes more sense. 😉 Are you guys using CI and Deploy Services for your deployments? For those unfamiliar, CI refers to continuous integration servers like Team City, Travis CI, Jenkins, etc. We use Team City for Continuous Integration and Delivery with test automation and Octopus Deploy for automated release packages that get automatically deployed when we push our master git branch to our release branch. This allows the entire deployment process to be fully validated, tested, and automated with the press of an enter key.
11th Apr 2018, 2:33 PM
David Carroll
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Xan Condolences for your loss. I'm glad this community has been a therapeutic experience for you. I've certainly enjoyed the many contributions you've made in a short time.
10th Apr 2018, 1:36 PM
David Carroll
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Duncan Awesome story man! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to hearing about your next great leap forward with your career.
27th Apr 2018, 4:49 PM
David Carroll
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"You are as old as the woman you feel" ;-).... Sadly my Wife is well past Five 0 and I am enjoying my retirement. IT as a career for over 35 years. Now I'm coding and re learning why I enjoyed computers before it became stressful and all consuming. nice to see some oldies here also.
10th Apr 2018, 1:09 PM
Mike Choy
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I’m from Finland too
26th Mar 2018, 8:31 AM
Toni Isotalo
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@kaenen I'm just learning to code here, I've not coded anything else, but websites. In SoloLearn the hardest thing is to remember all the lessons. But I took the language C# first as I was adviced on, and it certainly helps. The advice from that on is to keep doing daily lessons here and it helps to remember. It's because for example Ruby is based on C
26th Mar 2018, 1:18 PM
BrandnameOra
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I am in that decade. Didn’t get into a programming career straight out of college, but am steering that direction now. Been doing it on the side for fun for a while, but last 4 weeks my Scrum team members have let do it for work. Best 4 weeks of my career.
10th Apr 2018, 2:39 AM
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