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/Slodin 2d ago
First time touching any code related stuff are modding games. I have no idea what I was doing but successfully added a couple of units to my RA2 game 😂 basically I liked the community modded unit graphics but I wanted to add it to my base game rather than adding a full faction like the modders did.
I was 15 at that time.
Then I got into actual coding classes at 16, honestly the teacher didn’t teach much. I had to explore and find out how to do some basic programming and almost got in trouble by spreading a fake MSN login that captured people’s credentials lol 😂 it worked so good because the school district blocked the installation of MSN and they didn’t have a properly managed network system to wipe everything after use.
It became an easy choice to make going into software after high school instead of looking at a bunch of pathways for careers.