Software developers who started after 35, 40 or 50
That&#x27;s great that this is getting upvoted at HN. I started studying software development last November, at the age of 37. A few times, in my own and other people&#x27;s posts stating that we are learning to code, there was more negativity in the comments than I would expect from HN.<p>It is always a mix of: &quot;quit now, it take lots of years to become a developer worth of its name&quot;, &quot;don&#x27;t do it, software development is not the glamorous job you think, it&#x27;s awful&quot; and &quot;give it up, you just won&#x27;t be hired for a good job that easily&quot;.<p>An impression I often have is that there are developers who have some kind of resentment reaction to the &quot;everyone can&#x2F;should learn to code&quot;. Like new kids sneaking in your own private club. Outsiders trying to be like you. There is only one type of developer: that kid that started to code when he was 12. All others are impostors and wannabes.<p>I&#x27;m glad that there is this support sentiment for stories like this as well.