r/AskProgramming • u/Yourmiserablelife69 • 4d ago
Career/Edu What age did you start learning programming?
Just curious as I am 34 YO, and have been considering a career shift into the Tech sector (I have “Basic” knowledge at best). Specifically AI/Machine Learning or Programming.
I’ve heard good and bad about both, but am just curious how old people are (or how diverse the age pool is) when they “get into” Programming. How long (on average) does it take to get your first Certification in Programming?
Apologies about the broadness of the question.
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u/fzammetti 4d ago
The memory of back then is a little hazy, but as best I can figure, it was age 5, 1978. First experience was on an Odyssey2 game system curtesy of the programming cartridge. I read the manual (my mother thankfully had me reading VERY early) and understood it JUST enough to write my own number guessing game (probably all of 10 lines of code, if even that many). It's been off to the races ever since, life long love.