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submitted 1 year ago by favrion@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Across this vast Fediverse, I have encountered a trend of people answering questions with esoteric programming language speaking in tongues that I don't understand, including under my own posts. I am a Boomer when it comes to coding and I am only 27. I don't even know where I would start to learn it because programming is so diverse. I want to feel like I know what's going on but I don't. Coding is the future and the future is now and I am lagging severely behind. I guess I'm asking where a bumbling novice like me can learn more about where to start when it comes to programming.

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[-] mhz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Good news for you, I'm 33 years old and I canxt code yet. I just finisged a book about shell scripting (in Linux) so I can understands the scripts I see in github and made some simple ones to automate some of my needs. Now I want to up it up a bit with python and I'm starting a new book with Havard cx50 course. You are never too old to learn. My regret is that i did not start sooner, like when I was your age.

[-] wutBEE@lemmy.wutbee.com 6 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, is 33 really “never to old to learn” territory?

[-] Dee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If it helps, I knew someone who went back to school at 60 for their master's and got their graduate degree at 64. That's never too old to learn territory!