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Preslav Mihaylov

It seems there is some kind of misunderstanding.

In this article, I stated exactly the opposite - that you CAN become a great developer despite your age and the story of the guy in the Hustler section presents exactly that point.

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delubio de paula • Edited

"Do you have a friend, who wants to become a programmer and is 25 or 30 years of age?

If that guy has will and believes in himself, he probably knows that he can become a good programmer even given his late starting age. But does he believe he can become great?"

Then you say a 27 year old guy....blah, blah....

27 year old (are you kidding me), at this age I was 300ft underground mininig gold for Anglo American Corp. and on my spare time studying math and having fun with it...
Only now at 47 I felt the desire to become a FullStackWD and I feel awesome. I know at least a handful of great web developers who started by their mid 40's.

Age definitely is not a problem.
Sillicon Valley mentality is.

Thank God is changing.