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Did my first startup at 46 and in my fifties I am still going strong. Long as you are committed to life long learning then age is as they say but a number.
Why don't you combine the two? IMO the people who do the best are those that have more than one area of expertise. In other words: no business wants to buy software. They don't care about it at all. What they want is something that will help their business, and someone who knows both the software and the business is better able to connect the two. BTW, ditch the PHP and Mysql and look at some other stuff like Ruby on…
While ruby and python are definitely more sexy (and by extension rails and django), I think its a mistake to dismiss PHP and MySQL has not being worthy of study. Take a look at the job boards and see what people are looking for. I think you'll see far more employers looking for MySQL and PHP skills then Postgres and Ruby/Python. For example, It seems like Drupal developers can write their own tickets right now (drupa…
Hi guys, thanks for all the replies. the fact that they are so positive has really given me a much needed boost of confidence. Thanks for the practical suggestions as well. Once again, thank you!
To be honest, I have had the same question in my head for some time now, and your question helped me too. Thank you.
Its more important what state the mind is in than what body the mind is in!!!
Just today I was reading an article in a spanish magazine about people on their thirties that completely changed their career following their dreams.
Examples: - a psychologist that left to work for a NGO (29 y.o) - a lawyer how left to be an actor (33 y.o.) - a shop manager that left to study physiotherapy (30 y.o.) - and telecom engineer that left to study audiovisual communication (32 y.o.)
All of them are quite happy. And you may be on a similar list someday.
Leonardc, put your armor plate, take your sword and go to kill the dragon! Er, I mean, go to program webs!
She said she wished she'd starting taking violin lessons when she was sixty, since then she would have been playing the violin for forty years.
Other than that, neither compilers nor users know or care how old you are. Make something people want and you'll be fine.