Programming really is for the young;
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Any programmer of repute i know of began programming young. Some of the best programmers began at a very early age- say age 5.

It is said that tiger woods is  a better golfer than jack nicklaus because of  the age factor - tiger started earlier and that affected his swing.

With programming as with singing and acting - the earlier the better.

I may be wrong, but the statistics are on my side.

bill gates - early starter ( from primary school)
authors of google - early starters+college education
engineer of apple computers (early starter) - steve wozniak+college education
face book - early starter+ college education
youtube - (early starters : no idea here)+ college education
mozilla programmers - early starters lots of them
word press - early starter

Early, early, early. If you have an interest and start late. well,statistics don't lie. Also the trends are set by the young!!

Something about the age factor or what but most social software are written by people at that age in time on the streets (or campus/hostel/dorm)  with their peers and know the beat so they can code the feel out and place it on the net.

And most infoprenuers i know of leave the coding aspect early to focus on business . those on the job eventually move up (and away ) from programming.

So its like there is a time to code and not to code - start young retire early.

u don't need b young 2 b a good programmer. wat u need is interest, time & d right enviroment. young ppl have all ths time in the world, with no responsibility, no family to feed, no bills to pay, no boss breathing down their necks, enforcing targets & deadlines, so they spend all dat time playing around wit code & that's how creativity is born mostly. put many young coders together & u get the enviroment to multiply that creativity. such luxuries, i don't know any adult who has.
but give an adult d same circumstances, & he'll do just as well & probably better.

@okeyxyz i think you have spoken well. though i started programming this year and i'm just 19 year old but i think what the poster also say is a very good speech. All the same the more yu face challenges the more you get more ideas

Age helps, but it's not the main factor to success. Scientists have discovered that if you do something continuously for 10,000 hours for example 5 hours a day for 5 years, you'd achieve genius status.

@Dolemite, Hi, i'd heard dat scientist report on BBC earlier this year. Good 2 b reminded again. thx.
curious: u r a non-believer of what?

okeyxyz:

@Dolemite, Hi, i'd heard dat scientist report on BBC earlier this year. Good 2 b reminded again. thx.
curious: u r a non-believer of what?

No problem, I'm a non believer of religion hope I didn't offend, seeing you believe all things.

I believe age might be a factor, mostly for a young person with devotion, which happens to be the attitude of young men like me!

Though that does not mean that an aging or not too young person will not make a good programmer or better programmer, know of a man, my inlaw to be who programs in Java, and as a matter of fact, he has kids, but he should be doing well at it!

As a matter of fact, money is also a factor in being a good programmer, I will repeat it again with reasons, if questioned!

Dolemite:

No problem, I'm a non believer of religion hope I didn't offend, seeing you believe all things.

No offence at all. It's good to bump into an interesting one every now & then. In fact i believe an adult shld have infinite right of will to go as he\she pleases, as long as he doesn't infringe on the liberties of another. cheers.

Donpuzo:

I believe age might be a factor, mostly for a young person with devotion, which happens to be the attitude of young men like me!

Could also be a mental thing? if you go around telling people they're too old to learn something that's the first defeat right there. Impossible is nothing.
Now the argument is the older brain lacks the deep structures or whatever needed to learn programming, if this is the case can't one change the learning pattern? there are numerous books out there on learning Tony Buzan etc.

Dolemite:

Could also be a mental thing? if you go around telling people they're too old to learn something that's the first defeat right there. Impossible is nothing.
Now the argument is the older brain lacks the deep structures or whatever needed to learn programming, if this is the case can't one change the learning pattern? there are numerous books out there on learning Tony Buzan etc.

Your right there, I have over 30 Ebooks on PHP alone, My entire Ebook library for IT, Make up 13 Gb!

As an instructor, i have been able to get good material that soot different factors, Like age, and past experience,

Now like PHP, an elderly person will not get to first read "Pack Publishing Object Oriented Programming with PHP",

I would rather he starts with "I hate PHP", so learning pattern also matters in learning programming!

fallguy:

bill gates - early starter ( from primary school)
authors of google - early starters+college education
engineer of apple computers (early starter) - steve wozniak+college education
face book - early starter+ college education
youtube - (early starters : no idea here)+ college education
mozilla programmers - early starters lots of them
word press - early starter

start young retire early.

And when a Nigerian does dsame, Una go call am 'Wealthy iliterate.'

While, all the so-called literate's that has been in power for decade's now are takin the country backward.

Ra-ras!

Donpuzo:

Your right there, I have over 30 Ebooks on PHP alone, My entire Ebook library for IT, Make up 13 Gb!

As an instructor, i have been able to get good material that soot different factors, Like age, and past experience,

Now like PHP, an elderly person will not get to first read "Pack Publishing Object Oriented Programming with PHP",

I would rather he starts with "I hate PHP", so learning pattern also matters in learning programming!

Bro, I think we have some stuffs to share, 13GB of eBooks, u culd help me with a few, can I contact u?

fallguy:

Programming really is for the young;
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Any programmer of repute i know of began programming young.

hmmmmmmmmm let me say yes.
well i stand to be corrected am 17 and am on php in case you doubt me am young Otutu

Ranoscky:

And when a Nigerian does dsame, Una go call am 'Wealthy iliterate.'

While, all the so-called literate's that has been in power for decade's now are takin the country backward.

Ra-ras!

how are they taking the country backwards?

13gb 4 ebook? Bros, u fit help me with some?

I want to be a programmer and i was told that the best way to go about it is to attach myself with a programmer, pls how true is this? and is anybody in the house who wish to help me achieve a dream?
H E L P

Programing

@Poster, you need to broaden your base there . . . even programmers who start old can do great if they work hard at it. Age has nothing to do with it.

Dolemite:

Age helps, but it's not the main factor to success. Scientists have discovered that if you do something continuously for 10,000 hours for example 5 hours a day for 5 years, you'd achieve genius status.

No problem, I'm a non believer of religion hope I didn't offend, seeing you believe all things

@Dolemite  if you don't mind i'll like to know you as a friend, pls do add me in your chat list xxxxxxx@live.com so we can chat  a little.

I want to be a programmer and i was told that the best way to go about it is to attach myself with a programmer,  pls how true is this? and is anybody in the house who wish to help me achieve a dream?
H E L P

well if you attach your self with a programmer without knowing a little in the programming world, you'll be a pest to the programmer because you'll keep asking him irritating questions in a every single world he/she says. that could be disgusting. why not contact Donpuzo to help you with some books to start with. that way you will have the basic knowledge and ask a programmer questions based on a particular issue or what you find difficult to do.

Depends on what ebook you want.

I will be glad to share!

xammy:

I want to be a programmer and i was told that the best way to go about it is to attach myself with a programmer, pls how true is this? and is anybody in the house who wish to help me achieve a dream?
H E L P

That's not true. Depends on your interest and the programmers decision to teach you. I was a close friend with a Nairallander for years (Name withheld) yet he never wanted me to learn the trade. Till i showed interest with cash, yet his wicked nature made him limit what he taught me. That never deterred me i strived to learn myself by reading every thing i saw on programming. Today i code in over 6 languages! I mean well!

Now, if that point was also true my sibling will also be good coders. The last time my sister asked me to teach her, i did not! It takes two to work things out!

i strived to learn myself by reading every thing i saw on programming

that's what am saying . developing interest and adding passion plus effort to it will take anybody a long way in any career.

Well I agree that that programming is a matter of interest and this interest should be taken when young. As programming have become so many now, a young brain would be in the best position to "manipulate" the languages. Interest interest and interest are the things. However, this interest must be encouraged by those around aroung us and especially by ourselves. I had an interest in IT when I was17. I enrolled for a computer programme without counsel. I actually thought I was enrolling for computer courses which would make me a designer. I ended up studying Qbasic and I wowed my teachers with my programming skills. There was no encouragement from anybody so I didn't grow harnessing my programming skills. I went to university and studied political science.While in school my programming skills died because there was no encouragement from anybody and the necessary materials for effective programming were missing. I graduated and couldn't go back to programming because I felt there was so much to catch up with, now at 28. Due to my love for security (my early intention was to be a good programmer security wise) I began a training on networking and I have found it worthwhile and I intend to climb the networking ladder and be a guru in network security. My point therefore is that apart from interest, the enabling environment and necessary encouragement have to be in place for effective programming for a young chap.

Donpuzo:

Depends on what ebook you want.

I will be glad to share!

am very grateful, my number is 08069157360 pls kindly send me ur number so that i will call

thanks a bunch

xammy:

am very grateful, my number is 08069157360 pls kindly send me your number so that i will call

thanks a bunch

Am also very much interested, send ur no to 08098931313 lemme call u

Donpuzo:

Depends on what ebook you want.

I will be glad to share!

Hullo Donpuzo, how could one get any of ebooks? I need ebook on VBA (Access).

deco2come:

The main important thing is whether you have interest on it or not. A very good friend of my started programming at the age of 27. Now he is earning a good living with it. He knows PHP, ASP, JAVASCRIPT, C++, Java, Ruby,Python,CSS,HTML,AJAX, C sharp.

He dedicated his time to it. And to make it more interesting, he studied everything on his own.

there is a difference btw 1st class and 2.1, anybodi can learn programming and be good @ it @ any age, but to create a genius u nid to start early.
a late start inhibits ur creative spark, as u are generally distrated my a whole lotta stuffs, but then there are exceptions to evry rule.

I'm doing it good with C++
Who wants some type of program hit me up i'll be happy to do it

jmoore:

how are they taking the country backwards?

Jmoore,

I don't know how to give an answer to this question b'cos, even those outside the country know's what we have been going thru in Nigeria for long time now. N if it happens to be that u'r also in Nigeria, and stil ask's me such question, then im sorry brov, i don't know what to say. But if u'r outside the country and ask's such question, then u need to come down to Nigeria and see for yourself. Moreover, u check to yourself if the treatment u recieve over their is dsame with Nigeria.

Other African countries that are enjoyin constant power supply and other comfort that 1 needs in life, are they not human beings like Nigerians? If they can boast of all these, then, what made Nigeria 'GIANT OF AFRICA'? Giant of Africa, when your citizens are deported in other African countries beneath u (as we claim), and u stil claim Giant Of Africa? When your Citizens are treated like animals all over abroad, and even 'Ghana' (your neighbour), and u keep mute? and u'r here askin me how are they takin the country backward. Is it until we go down like Greece before u know that those 'Ra-ras' are takin the country backward? (make i no even talk of money wey dem dey squander anyhow since u no know wetin dey hapun for naija)

Bros, abeg, if u dey abroad, den everybody know d good life and comfort wey person dey receive for dat way.
But if u dey Naija, make u commot for dat town wia u dey, enter city b'cos, na dia things dey hapun abeg, ejo, biko!
Living inside town is just like mosquito flyin in d day time, how em want take see road clearly?

If im wrong in one way or the other, pls correct and lecture me, im ready to learn, thanx!

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Programming is for anyone who has interest age not withstanding, i mean anyone who will stick with it despite the intial inevitabe errors and bugs that we all encounter when starting out, Just saying

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