Absolutely not! I started at 29 next to my it job, best decision ever. Tough though, already had a kid and 2nd one was born during.
Nah. Graduated uni at 21. Became a teacher at 25. Doing my MSc (unrelated subject) this year to change careers at 39 (when I’ll graduate).
You’re never too old to learn.
22? Old?
Bahahaha. I’m still learning complex stuff and I’m double that.
Not at all. This might be useful, https://teachyourselfcs.com. Have a think about what you want to do with it after learning. I was quite happy not learning CS and just coding instead!
Absolutely not! I started at 25 next to my it job, best decision ever. Tough though, already had a kid and 2nd one was born during.
You are never old to learn new things!!!
22 is not old, you will be fine!
Not even remotely.
That’s how old I was when I started pursuing it seriously instead of just dabbling. Two decades and change later and it’s still a choice I don’t regret.
The basics are fairly straightforward and the field is wide, deep, and mutable enough that everyone’s always picking up new things anyway. The only thing that’ll make you different from your peers is the ratio of how many birthdays you’ve celebrated v. how much direct experience you have. Thankfully that metric is spread out far enough amongst CS folks that it’s only useful as a point of conversational amusement and has no bearing on one’s ability to do the actual work.
Yes. 22 is too old. /s
Yo man this isn’t enders game
Logan’s run
Hmm… You got me curious, context?
Enders game is a book/movie about a future human civilitation that is under attack of an alien species. To ensure survival they train children as strategists because they take more risk and use unconventional tactics. They are basically saying “nobody requires you to be young here”.
Fuck no, do what you love and what calls to you. If you haven’t found anything yet, you need to broaden your horizons.
It’s much more cut and dry than most people think. All these questions have to do more with you and what you’re willing to do than the logistics. You’ll almost always be able to work logistics out eventually so focus on the you part to make sure your “vehicle” is suitable for the terrain
Nope, I’m almost 30 and just graduated BS of Computer Science after 7 years of on and off schooling.
Absolutely not.
Go for it my man (or your gender-aligned equivalent term)! At that age, you can still hang out with your classmates without it being weird, so you can still build connections like everyone else. Even if you were 40 though you could still do it, networking would be harder though.
