Jon is a self-taught programmer, started in video games but now does web development. He follows principles, argues for scientific software development, and does not like writing in the 3rd person.
In addition to the many problems inherent to an internet survey (self-selecting bias etc) I’ll also add that if the amount of programmers double every 5 years (that’s according to one estimate by Robert Martin) then there is guaranteed to be many, many more young people than older.
How’s it going, I'm a Adam, a Full-Stack Engineer, actively searching for work. I'm all about JavaScript. And Frontend but don't let that fool you - I've also got some serious Backend skills.
Location
City of Bath, UK 🇬🇧
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10 plus years* active enterprise development experience and a Fine art degree 🎨
How’s it going, I'm a Adam, a Full-Stack Engineer, actively searching for work. I'm all about JavaScript. And Frontend but don't let that fool you - I've also got some serious Backend skills.
Location
City of Bath, UK 🇬🇧
Education
10 plus years* active enterprise development experience and a Fine art degree 🎨
In addition to the many problems inherent to an internet survey (self-selecting bias etc) I’ll also add that if the amount of programmers double every 5 years (that’s according to one estimate by Robert Martin) then there is guaranteed to be many, many more young people than older.
Exponential growth of programmers? Thats unexpected but I suppose there is a lot of tech to make!
That statistic came to my mind, too. And it matches Adam's survey pretty good... even better if we say 6 years instead of 5 years:
Of course it stops at the 24-34 graph, because many developers are still in training or studying at a younger age.
This year I have met so many more women in tech and particularly leaders too, very exciting to see this!