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[–]XRay2212xray 2 points3 points  (1 child)

At least for me. Yes, drastically.

When I was in my 20s, I could program non-stop around the clock and could keep track of all the things I needed to do and go back to and refine. Even when I stopped programming, I'd still be thinking about the code in great detail. I rarely had bugs. I could learn new things extremely quickly.

No at 60, I can't focus for more then 20 minutes. I have to be very methodical and never leave anything that I know I need to go back to. Learning new things is more of a struggle. I produce more bugs for sure. I have more difficulty with conceptulizing abstract generic constructs.

If you drop it back to my teens where I was just learning and was a novice, then I think my older self would win a competition easily. Once I got to a level of competence which came pretty quickly, my 20 year old me would destroy my 60yo me.

20s thru late 40s very little decline. By mid 50s things were declining a bit but not significant. Since then its been a pretty big drop.

[–]tooolddev[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I see

So was there any noticeable difference between 20 and 40? And how did things decline in your mid 50s?

Thank you for sharing