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Being a Developer After 40

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Re: Being a Developer After 40

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I wrote a HolyC compiler and an x86_64 assembler. It does a little bit of 16-bit, but noone needs it because it is juts used during boot and you have no business.

My 64-bit assembly is missing all the MMX SSE stuff at the moment.

I don't really care for those.

Re: Being a Developer After 40

#6
Warm fuzzy nostalgia aside, this article seems to amount to "Learn everything, read everything, do everything, don't bandwagon, Apple is pretty cool. The other stuff is OK too, if you like that sort of thing. Learn Node. PS. Don't harrass people".

It's an amalgamation of every Medium tech-post ever.

Re: Being a Developer After 40

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Slightly disappointed about the post not being about how they became a developer at age 40, which was what I initially thought it was.

I started my career as a software developer at precisely 10am, on Monday October 6th, 1997... I had recently celebrated my 24th birthday.

Re: Being a Developer After 40

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This was a good read - I'm a dev over 40 and much of this rang true. I think there's a lot of great advice in there. One standout for me was "Be prepared to change your mind at any time through learning. " - something that I think we should all aspire to.

Re: Being a Developer After 40

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post #7

Seems a bit bitter about the shit working conditions. And he's right. It's funny how the whole trade is shit.

There certainly seems to be a lot of young 'genius' and '*10' types who are willing to sacrifice their youth on the altar of a unicorn in return for a 1 in 100 chance of getting rich, if it's taking you more than 8 hours a day to make a living, you're poor :(
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