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Starting Out at 38

Naresh Meetei on November 26, 2023

Hey guys, I'm 38 and just started this journey of coding. In my 10+ years of weaving through art and design, I stumbled upon a new medium of crea...
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James

As an artist, no matter what you're working on, be it a database or a small program, I encourage you to think of data abstractly in terms of its SHAPE rather than its CONTENT. I try to teach people that when they work for me, but it is a difficult concept to convey. But to a coder the shape of the data can be more important than the content because ultimately we reshape it for our purposes.

Enjoy this trip. If you "get" what I just said you're in for a wild ride when you realize the difference between coding and art is very small.

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Mike Talbot ⭐

^^^ This. 100% this.

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Mike Talbot ⭐

Programming languages are like the medium you choose, oils, pencil, water colour, c#, Javascript :) Working with each one requires different skills and practice, and perhaps you'll prefer one over another.

I agree that programming is art, whatever medium we use, we are trying to create something deeper, something that emerges from the syntax.

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Ben Halpern

Never too late, all your prior experience will pay off!

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Martin Krause

Shameless plug, but I wrote a book that might interest you:
Modern Full Stack development, which will be published by No Stach Press soon. It's an easy, hands-on introduction to creating web applications with Next.js, MongoDB and Mongoose for beginners like you!

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Eric Murrell

Congratulations, and best of luck to you. I too transitioned into tech in my late thirties. All of your soft skills are your bread and butter. Keep learning, building, and putting yourself out there.
Cheers 🖖

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Nathan Hedglin

Welcome! As you probably know the best teacher is experience. Have fun!

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Michael Synan

Good luck man if you need anything hit me up!

linkedin.com/in/hellomichaelsynan/

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ishrat

Greetings and best wishes!

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Khairunnisaas

Welcome to programming world!

for me... creating art through code is very awesome. i hope i could make art through coding someday

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Prasad Saya

Programming can also be creative, yes.