How old are you?

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How old are you?

<18
3
6%
18 - 24
18
37%
25 - 34
20
41%
35 - 44
3
6%
45 - 54
4
8%
55+
1
2%
 
Total votes: 49

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Post by MrPotatoes »

checkin' in at 26 here
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Post by pickle »

25
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
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Post by Burrito »

31
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Post by feyd »

¿Cuántos años tienes?
Tengo veintisiete.
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Post by TheMoose »

Throw another one up for the ripe age of 23.
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Post by jyhm »

Boy this is what I figured, a large percentile of 20 to 30 year olds. This forum is not that balanced. Come on 35 to 55+ year olds Cast your vote! We need some elders to balance the scales. Tell us some war stories of days past! :idea:
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Post by feyd »

It may be more appropriate, if you want to measure, in how many years of (professional) experience one has instead of age. For example, I have currently been programming for 22 years, with 11 years of professional experience.
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feyd wrote:It may be more appropriate, if you want to measure, in how many years of (professional) experience one has instead of age. For example, I have currently been programming for 22 years, with 11 years of professional experience.
Programming for ~9 years, professional for around 5 (depending on how you define "professional")

Feyd, I'm a curious to know what kind of programming you were doing at age 5 (and what got you started so young)
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My first computer was given to me at 5. Moving far too often is what kept me at them. No one knew how to use it and no one could help teach me, so I read the manuals myself and figured it all out.

I define professional as "primary source of income."
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Post by impulse() »

21 years old.

Programming for 4 months.
Professional programming for -2 weeks.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

32 years old.

HTML - 10 years
PHP - 3 years
Professional - 4 months
Studly - All my life
Chance to use studly in a post - Priceless (ok, that was probably not the right context, but what the hell, we're all friends right?)

PS Ninja already started a post that is almost the exact same as this one. Was searching to hard?
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Post by TheMoose »

8 years programming, 3 years professionally.

I'm like feyd, moving constantly is my primary reason for staying on computers (military brat). Can't say I've ever read a manual, I just poked around with things until I found answers.
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Post by sweatje »

36

programming 26 years (had to figure out how to cheat in games programmed in BASIC on an Apple ][ 8O )

Professional 14 years + several years of grant work and summer jobs.
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Post by leester »

"Boy,

I guess I'm the old fart here"

Sorry, forgot to include my age... 65 :!:
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