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Discussion on: Starting at square one as a developer, in your 40's?

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Alex Janke

I don't think that it's too late for you to learn something new - as long as you stick to learning on a (mostly) daily basis.
Since the tech field is gigantic:
Have you thought about what interests you the most? Websites (Frontend or Backend, or both)? Mobile apps? Hardware/Cloud-Setups and Workflows (DevOps)?

Or in other words: What kind of work do you wish to do?

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Arthur Fedderson

Wow, I'm surprised I got a reply to this but thank you for sharing your thoughts!
I have the most experience in, and easiest time understanding, DevOps. I also enjoy it thoroughly.
That said, I really want to dive into full stack. Frontend is more enticing to me than Backend, but Ideally I'd like to be able to code simple but complete apps (both mobile and desktop) for myself, start to finish. Later using this knowledge to work in hardware development and design would be the ideal I think.