I'm 14. Am I too old for a career in tech?
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That's way too old. Did they perform the rituals?
3 days after your birth, you need to Drink water soaked in raspberry pis.
By age one, you need to learn how to say mama in binary.
That depends. Can you invert a binary tree, in Brainfuck, while standing on your head, and simultaneously writing a new OS in Rust, all while a traditional big-top circus show goes on around you?
If so, you might be suitable for a career in tech, despite your advanced age...
Too seriously answer about ageism to what is probably an unserious question, no. In fact, I've seen plenty of late (30 and 40+) career changers have happy, solid 2nd careers as programmers. I can't say I remember anyone shifting into a career in programming at 50+ (at least not since the very beginning of my career) but I have seen people move over to programming adjacent roles like PM, sales, or people management (typically within a company.)
I'll caveat all the with I've never lived in the bay area and that particular mileu seems to be "special".
I was blowing things up at your age. Became a chemist, then changed to brewer, then hacker. Go for whatever is your thing.
Considering the emotional maturity of your theoretical co-workers and managers? Definitely a question worth considering. ;)
All the code that humanity needs has already been written. Even if you were younger, you'd still be late - there is nothing else to code.
Not even close. We need more programmers to write javascript to make websites even slower.
Hey man, I'm 15 and never missed a beat.
When I was your age I rode my very first unicorn
Yes you definitely are. I m afraid by the time you become of legal age tech will have become completely automated and the few remaining tech workers will be borderline suicidal. Becoming a programmer or a driver in 2022 is no longer an option, sorry. You should look into biotechnology instead, much brighter future there.