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Discussion on: What's your advice to someone over the age of 30 considering a career in software development?

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Ben Halpern

I've offered similar advice to others.

  1. Learning to code is something anyone can do if they find the activity at all engaging. (Even if you have to get over some humps before it clicks)

Then it becomes finding your place in the market as a hireable coder.

Position yourself as different from other "junior dev" candidates as someone with a decade in the workforce who is going to understand the dynamics of professional collaboration and will provide way more value than a comparably experienced software developer.