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Savvas Stephanides
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Are you TOO OLD to start coding? Use this tool to find out!

Coding is an exciting field, there's no doubt about that. It's an attractive field, but a lot of people are put off for one simple reason: they feel they are too old to start coding. But are you?

To help you answer this question, I have created a super simple tool called "Too Old To Code?".

To use it, just click on the link below and enter your age. The tool will immediately tell you if you're too old to code. Give it a go!

๐Ÿ”ฅ Are you Too Old to Code?

Share your results here!

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Dante Foulke

Result:

No, even at age 9000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, you're not too old to learn to code! Enjoy!

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JoeB

what a joke

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Savvas Stephanides

Awww, thank you! This is the best compliment I've received for my tool. Means a lot.

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ca55idy

Guess what, no one needs this tool. The answer is no. If you're open to learning, you will learn end of

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Savvas Stephanides

This is the whole point of this "tool", Cassidy. No matter what age you put in there (even something astronomical like "999999999999999999999999999999", it will still tell you that you're not too old to code. It's not actually useful tool, it's meant as a joke just to make a point ๐Ÿ™‚

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BELearn

Hello this is my result :
No, at age 56, you're not too old to learn to code! Enjoy!

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Savvas Stephanides

Let's get to it then! ๐Ÿ’ช

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Andrew Baisden

Age has no limit when coding.

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Savvas Stephanides

Very true!

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Jakub

I see you are fan of console.log in production too

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Savvas Stephanides

The best debugging tool in existence? Of course Iโ€™m a fan!

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Alperen

It's subtle :)

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Savvas Stephanides

Haha ๐Ÿ˜†

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Akin C.

Hello Savvas Stephanides,

thanks for your tool

It was amusing to use and I agree with the result(s) :D

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Savvas Stephanides

Glad you found out useful Akin!

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CraftyMiner1971

I thought this was a gag tool, so I tried it out. And, at 51, I'm not too old to code. But, looking at the other comments for this thread, the said even at 99 he's not too old. Thanks for the little kick up the butt. BUT, I may not be too old to code, but with me, it's not the age that's the problem. I don't have any motivation or inspiration to code anything in particular. I even put up a challenge that someone could turn my interest to coding once again. I'm still waiting! Thanks for the laugh, though.

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Nikolai Djemerenov

I am 1 year older than you.
Everything about coding is new and difficult for me. I haven't a mentor and I make many mistakes. But I have motivation, a lot of motivation, I will never stop learning till I reach my dream to be a web developer. I start at the end of 2020 and I want to give up many times, but I am still in the game and I know that the success is round the corner . Be patient and consistent. May the pation be with you!

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Savvas Stephanides

Iโ€™m sure youโ€™ll find the motivation you need. Imagine what you could create and how many people you can help just by using your mind and a few lines of weird text! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

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Chris Hansen

๐Ÿ˜‚ Nice one. Very good stuff her folks.

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Savvas Stephanides

Glad you found it useful, Chris! ๐Ÿ˜†