Are you too old to learn to code, have you left it too late?

I found this video just today. This guy is awesome!!

Thanks for this, this is so motivational! Im going for it!

I’m 16 and I thought it was too late 😅

Yes you can, you can even be 50 years old. But if you have interest and patience, it will pay off.

Your steering wheel is on the wrong side brother! All jokes aside, Buddhism describes 5 hindrances that get in the way of accomplishing tasks which are not urgent but important. Those 5 hindrances are desire (things that distract you from task at hand), ill will (aversion to difficulties you face while executing your tasks), slot and torpor (lack of motivation), restlessness (anxiety), and doubt. These five hindrances almost always interfere in combination one's ability to work towards long term wise goals. The person asking the question clearly is hindered by the last two. The restlessness (anxiety) is overcome by developing a sense of contentment in the good path of learning this interesting stuff you have chosen for yourself. The doubt is overcome by having a clear map and this will require following people like the one on this channel and also you can connect with folks like Lex Friedman on Twitter. Stay blessed!

age really lol ..... who cares

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Annoying as hell to watch.

Chinese proverb: "Wait long enough by the side of the river and you can see the bodies of your enemies float by." BTW in french a haircut is "Coupe Pot de fleur".

i have a chance to learn to be an electrician but i dont know how to do algebra and i cant find anything or anyone to teach me electrician math

I changed careers from over 10 years in call centers to web developer I started coding when I was 31 (: was terrifying but couldnt handle call centers anymore. A family friend changed from finance to data science in his 50s still doing his degree but he loves it. The web offers so many resources its not like it was before where you had to make time to go library. If employers care you wouldnt want to work there anyway.

Dear all, it's not time that you should concern most, surely it is, but let me explain what you should be serious about.

A successful life, more than usual, does not necessarily require you to have preferable conditions, such as money, time, health, knowledge, emotional intelligence, social skill and so on.

Only one or two things needed, and should be fundamental for all other aspects: determination and perserverance.
You can find all kind of successful people with no preferable conditions when they started.

But recently I learnt about a man that I would like to share with you:
Paul Alexander, in year 1952, he got polio at the age of 6, he was "almost completely paralysed from the neck down", this include his lung, he had to frequently stay in the "iron lung" machine so that he could breath. That man finish university, became a lawyer, representing his clients, earned his living adn kept on living until 2017 (at least).

I am also in the course of changing my career around the age of 30, nothing guarantee that I would earn my living with the new route, but after I learnt about Alexander, this is my attitude the next time I'm facing trouble: Fck that, I gonna survive!

Time is always against you: When you got into highschool, you felt sorry that you didn't study hard before that; when you got into college, you feel sorry for not study hard again, plus not learning to do team work & socialize with people; when you got a job, you wished that I could have the whole vision back when you was a kid; now you wonder should you follow another trait back when you was younger. What's gone is gone, now what you should do is locate yourself on the map, evaluate your resource and make the best out of it.

There's a Singaporean man who broke and successful again at the age of 80 and invited all his former employees who lost their job when he broke to a party to thank them, but my bad, I can't remember his name.

But his taught me that time is only a "parameter" here. Make your determination and perserverance counted.

The stories about these two afformentioned men doesn't mean a guaranteed success for you as a programmer. I couldn't possible know if you fit programming or marketing or painting. Life is risky.

This is the most important thing: you have to realize that programming is a very competitive, Python is only a tool, while the thing that you actually heading into is AI, Machine Learning/Deep Learning, Data Science, and Web Dev.

You have to fully aware of all the risk, how hard you have to try, otherwise, if you come to programming (in general) and AI just for all the glory that you imagined in you head, you gonna be fucked real hard in your buttstock. The race for AI is similar to Gold hunt in Wild West, most hunters broke, why tools seller got filthy rich; in current circumstance, it's the course that they want to shove down your throat.

If you're "not so sure" that you can learn some math, dig down into the fundamental, I reccomend you start with Web dev first.

I saw dreamers (I was onced a dreamer): they want the glory, but don't want to pay the price, they jump from one statement into another, "I will become a ***", many a/an, and in the end, they even couldn't become a decent job hobber.

Good message. Thanks

Thank you for your great videos and superb content - very inspiring! if it encourages anyone I am 64 years old and learning Python . There is no greater feeling than achieving something when society says you can’t. I’ve found that taking time to write out the comments before going anywhere near the code to be the most helpful tip. As some bright spark said the code just tells the computer how to read the comments. So persevere!

Still in France?

I. Just. Love. You. Thank you SO much for making this video. I'm going to fave it, and save it to my python folder, and I'm going to watch this video every day to remind me of everything you're ssaying here. Because you are so completely right, and you are so insanely inspiring. Thank you so much for being you. PLEASE make more videos like this. You are like the James Burke or Carl Sagan or Neil Degrasse Tyson of computer science and python AI philosophy. Thank you so much. You are an amazing scientist and an amazing person.

Is this guy awesome or what? Also, I know of Sir Nicholas Winton. Sir Winton is a hero, and thank you for sharing what you heard from him

It is not allowed to discriminate about age, but they all ask for a CV in which you find the stations of your live. If you joined the army 1984 you needn't to hide your age to be discriminated at once. I live in the EU.

I am 64 and started a couple of years ago, you are right

Just turned 61. Employer told me to learn Python. Good luck! We’re Automating everything.

me 25, an immigrant with literally no one that I know withing 10 hours flight, working as a warehouse worker and trying to learn data analysis. life is like that. sometimes my heart gets so heavy and I just want to cry but I cant. I literally do not have tears in me.

"not allowed" -- yeah............. Theory is great but HR has a LOT of excuses, that's a part of their CV.

What a wise man

Are you too old to learn French, though?

It may be illegal to descriminate based on age but that doesn't stop companies hiring you because you're to old and the other 200 candidates are all 20 something!

I started learning Python almost 2 months ago, Feb 2021. I am 72 years old, 73 in April. My goal is freelance programming. I do have 20 years ago history as a hardware person, so it probably helps a little. My daughter who is 46 years old started to learn to program 2 1/2 years ago. She has been at a full time programming job for a year now, works from home, has 2 children and a husband. Bottom line... you can do whatever you "want" to do... Good Luck!

😂😂😂 that ending was hilarious! And it made me ring the bell

As Sergei Rachmaninoff told at the outset of his life: Pity that I still have not learnt to play the piano decently.

"Anyone can become an expert at anything by deliberate practice." Wow. I needed to hear this today! Thank you!!

You are never to old to learn something new. If you like what you learn it's even better. 😊 PS. Give this man a proper hair stylist, he would get 20% more money on the first interview just by having decent hair 😂

did you drive off and leave your camera?

I am 44yr old,house wife. Though a double postgraduate, due to home making,I couldn't go for job. Now I want to pursue Data science career. Is it too late?

Part of my ethos or motto, is "20 forever"... "Mentally about 5"...Loved this vid!! Thanks so much.

Where do you live by the way? Cauz the place is a bit cozy for me.

30y old, LOL! I am 58 and would like to become Data Scientist. Additionally I am a little handicapped. Let me admit that I own a doctoral thesis in theoretical biology and, 10 years of coding experience, data analysis, math and modelling. What about my perspectives ? Let me admit, that though age discrimination is forbidden it takes part nevvertheless. It all ends up in hypocracy and psychogenic silence. The Omerta of age discrimination

the editing is serious

Thank you so much for uploading this video. I'm 51 beginning this Data Analytics journey.

Giles, I don't know if you'll see this, but this is the only video I keep coming back to every time I feel like I'm not good enough to pursue this new career path. I'm from a non-technical, liberal arts background and surrounded by people who say I cannot do it. I don't know if I will succeed, but I'll keep going. Thanks for cheering up👍

Thank you!

Really helpful advice. Im at the stage of trying to find the right learning resource. I just wanted to say that your story telling and engagement of explanation is fantastic. So unique. Please keep it going!

Great video and I like all the positivity! It is nice to hear everyone's story's in these comment's. I am another person here who started studying at University in my 30s. I dropped out of high-school and became a mechanic. Then at 28 years old I decided to get my GED and from there I decided to give Uni a try. I was nervous at first and took a few different course my first semester. I found I truly enjoyed math and really liked programming. Believe me when I say I was really surprise how much I enjoy these topics. Now I am entering my third year of studies in a bachelors of Math. There is no age on learning! So keep believing in yourself and kept driving forward. Then let yourself be surprised by all that you can accomplish! Cheers from Canada.

Thanks for this amusing video, I am 34 and I am mechanical engineer and for sure that I will be coding that's something I wanna do and age will not deprive me from that.

Employers in the US,by law, aren’t allowed to discriminate against job applicants on the basis of age, disability, etc., but they routinely do it with impunity!

Really inspirational video, I appreciate all your advices, as a 32 years old man I think that becoming a Data Scientist o Data Analyst could be achieved with practice and perseverance

You tried to distract us and dodge the question by moving from place to place, also lot of discrimination bullshit. But let's face it, it's late for any 30-yr-old to start a career. 30-yr-old is actually quite young, even for IT or coding field. But if you're the boss, would you hire someone no academic background or experience?
But age is never a hindrance for talent or enthusiasm. JK Rowling have the first Harry Porter at 1992, it's her first book and at 32-yr-old.
If coding is your interest and passion, just do it as a habit. If you're planning it for your "career" (IDK why tho, programmer isn't exact high pay...), you need to have proper training, exercise, experience. People will particularly look at your resume before to even grant you a interview. If you're in 80s or 90s, I would say you're probably done at 30 without proper academic background. But today we've internet, we've phones, we've Github, there're a lot of chance for you to obtain "experience" in the field to fill the resume blank.

The idea that someone of 30 might be too old to learn to code is crazy. The only things that matter are your interest and aptitude. People start new careers far later than 30.

Too old no, but your in a battle with many many 10s of thousand's of other coders. A 24 year old fresh out of college with a high GPA, hes out there trying to bullshit some company for that magical 1 or 2 years experience. This 24 year old will then quit and move on.

Fact if you gota be DAMN good, and i mean DAMN good. Can you out javascript that 24 year old? how artistic are you in youre getting into web design. What your mastery of CSS? Worse is you;re trying to get a job coding java or c++, you better have GOD level math.

sucks, but thats reality. My advise, become a TECHNICAL WRITER, basic knowledge of coding is useful and those jobs pay well.

You are right, its never too late to learn coding. But to get a job as a professional developer is a different thing. I can tell you for a fact that there are not many developers over 40 years old. That how i see it in the corporates anyway. There are outliers at 50-55, and they tend to be very good at it. People tend to hire people like them. So it follows that if you look over 40 you will start finding it hard to get hired, unless you are exceptionally good. To get a junior role at age 40+, i've never seen it in 25 years working. But, to learn coding at home, no age limit on that of course. What happens to developers at 40? I don't know, I can only speculate. If you can get away with it, edit your CV to obscure your age and dress a bit younger than your years. That might buy 10 years.

I am closer to 73 than 72. I retired six years ago and have been looking for something to challenge my mind. Photograpy is a fun hobby. So is gardening. But, one can only dig dirt so much without going to Washington, D.C. Python seems to be the answer. We shall see.