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Next week I'll be 27. I've only been programming for about 2 years, and not solid programming because it's just one of many College courses, but I'm starting to show some promise. I don't think that 28 is too late, but it might require that you work harder.Quote:
*sigh* I sometimes dream of being a professional programmer, but I'm afraid the boat has already left the port for me! I'm already 28, just got in to programming, ...
I made my career shift at 32 years old. Prior to working as a software engineer I was a pricing analyst in the marketing dept. of a major grocery chain. It is never too late to change careers.
There may be locations where there are more programmers than jobs. And jobs for inexperienced programmers may be a little tougher to find. But there are programming jobs out there. Just do a quick search on monster or most any other job board.
Here in AZ I see lots and lots of postings for GIS stuff. Maps and computers. 2 of my favorite things, hmmmm. I may have to start reading up on that.
i know a person that started programming for his own purposes at the
age of 29. he wanted to write music and he developed a program
(after reading a lot. C/C++, Visual C/C++) so. he showed this to a
friend of his who knew a programmer. then he got a job in his friend's
friend company. well, he was 32 when he got the job, still...i think
that it is better now :)