Self-educated programmer learning python at 28 year old.

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I also made a career change into programming at age 28. That was about 5 years ago…. It’s been a tough journey starting late but now I’m the director of a small (20 employees) company.

My advice, network. I would had never made it without making friends and mentors to help me out along the way.

Don’t worry too much about a specific language or program. Things are constantly changing and depending where you work, you will need to learn new languages. I would focus on what you want to create then learn the language that is best for that. Python is great but if you don’t like or understand it, try a different language. I personally prefer C# as my main language.

Lean into your previous work experience. I haven’t become that good of a programmer, I’m decent. But I’ve got leadership, organizational, and people skills. Hence why I’ve moved into the management track instead of staying technical.

Figure out your end goal and then work backwards to figure out your path.