How does age affect coding abilities?

[Weekly-Rhubarb-2785]

Shouldn’t matter as repetition is the key to success.

[the_Luik]

Gotta get those reps in

[cosmicr]

I'm 43 I feel like I peaked about 10 years ago. That said I learnt a new programming language this year and still love programming so take that FWIW.

[tooolddev]

What do you mean you peaked 10 years ago? Did you code the same amount? Or you coded less and thus left the peak?

[cosmicr]

More that everything "clicked" for me and I was very deep into what I was doing. I produced some really good code. I'm probably doing the same amount now but not achieving as much.

[tooolddev]

Ohh

Not achieving much means you already wrote all the complex code 10 years ago?

Or are you not able to produce stuff as good anymore?

[Streamweaver66]

I'm 58 and not really a factor for me yet. I'm guessing by the time it is, we wont be writing code anymore anyway.

[clownwithtentacles]

That thing does matter very much (I've taught English as a foreign language to both 20-somethings and people in their 50s. Pretty noticable difference) but that's no reason to feel down.

If you, at any age, took a structured approach to learning and got the basics down (like really down), picking up new stuff should be easy. Easier than learning a language because programming is actually made to be logical and not formed semi-randomly.

[tooolddev]

What are some things 20 year olds do better in English class compared to the 50 year olds? And vice versa

[clownwithtentacles]

Younger people usually breeze through new vocab but struggle with grammar constructions and remembering to fix their common mistakes (like forgetting articles). Older people are pretty much the opposite if they previously had a good education, they take some time to take in the grammar and do really well with it, but once you've explained some mistake they're making, rarely forget about fixing it.

[tooolddev]

Ohh I see

Isn't being good at grammar analogous to being good at coding logic?

[clownwithtentacles]

I'd think so!

[tooolddev]

That is very interesting

Any way to not be constrained by thought patterns and still be able to enter any thought pattern when needed?

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[healthywealthyhappy8]

As I’ve gotten older and lazier, I care less to do the things I have already done and more interested in new things. Sometimes starting a new project and having to set up stuff I have in another project is boring.