I would like to get into web development, but the problem is that I'm 25 years old and I have the feeling that I'm too old for this area.
I mean the developers my age are already senior and have a lot more experience than me.
so my question is am i right and should i be looking for something else and if not how can i develop better to catch up with my generations?
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Naw, I’m 42 and know people who started in their 50’s, you got this!
25 too old?? No, no and NO! I became a developer at 38! You GOT this!!!
My brother got into software development in his late 30s/early 40s and is thriving a few years in. You'll be fine if you're excited about it.
Old? I'll tell you my story. Three years ago I retired from a government job where I was a stistem administrator. After that at the tender age of 65 years, I decided to learn web programming, gradually realizing my dream. I know well that the road is long, but I still have a lot of time ahead of me ...😂😂👋👋
Programming is still a growing field, and personally I don't think you can ever be "too old" and this is coming from someone with 12 years experience in the field. What you learn starting out may be useless in few years if the industry mindset changes, or if a new techonology replaces it. If you are willing and excited to learn software/web/app development then your age shouldn't be a consideration.
I had the same concern when I started at 25 and everyone at my job had been coding since they're in their teens. Age honestly has no importance here. It's all about gaining experience and being passionate about what you do.
Ha, no dev is "senior" at 25 years old unless maybe they went full career development mode at 18. That's certainly not the norm. Titles mean very little in this industry, other than a very rough approximation of pay ranges. If you want to jump into this field, just jump into it.
Definitely not, I got my first internship and started to work with Web Development when I'm was 23y. In that time I felt the same as you bc all my friends already had their degrees at 21y, so I always had the feeling that I was late for something. Today, five years later, I realize that it's not about how long you've been in the field, it's about how you make the most of it.
Good luck on your journey!
I'd definitely encourage you not to think about age here - there's no barrier to learning and getting involved at all. Not only that, but the range of age groups and experience levels is one thing that I value about communities such as DEV and others - everyone is constantly learning, and remembering how they learned, and discovering things they didn't know about, because they never went back to find out how something worked.
Welcome to the community!
too old??
There's plenty of devs that are 50+
I started (back in 1981) at 13 then went into software dev and did it for years, now 50+ I tend to do product work but with a technical bias. 25...you still got decades ahead!
Title mean nothing outside the company since each have their own performance rating.
IMO consulting firms usually go easy on title, some cases after 1 year you're already Senior, one reason is they want to appear like a strong team to clients.
While product oriented company take this harder, they don't need to impress outsiders, and promoting the wrong people also affect the morale of others. At my company the youngest Senior is 27, he'd worked here since he graduated (~5 years).
You're never too old to be a software engineer but you'll have to be able to adapt to constant changes. Your projects will change, your scrum teams will change, the technology that you're working with will change. They'll ask you to work on many different things. You'll debug issues. If you can do all that and code you'll be fine 🙂
Here is a 50-year-old programmer analyst, who went through languages like VB, FOX, Delphi, and now developing backend with SQL Server, .NET(C#, MVC), frontend with React.
I never felt old, on the contrary, I am excited to learn new technologies, therefore I recommend that you continue in this beautiful profession and that age is not a concern at all.
First, welcome to Dev. Second, I'd encourage you to not compare yourself to others. Your journey is different. What brought you to where you are is different. That is a uniqueness only found in you.
The question I ask is "What is it that attracts you to the path of web developer?"
First off, NO! You are not old for programming, no one is actually. You can learn programming at any age as long you desire and like it.
"I mean the developers my age are already senior" - In my experience I've worked with people that are in this area for 10+ years and they still don't know anything mostly because they don't know how to progress or they are too lazy to do so. How you progress is up to you and honestly the age should not bother you at all.
Now go out there, explore web development, have fun(or cry when something breaks) and never again question your age. :)