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Comment on Ask HN: Is 36 too late to start into programming?

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I've seen this question asked by many people over the years. It's never too late for anyone to start programming. As long as you have a hunger for knowledge and creation, plus a fair amount of patience you will learn to program well.

If you stick with it, in a year you will have laid the foundation for your problem-solving skills. In just a couple years you will be able to produce all kinds of things. In 10 years there won't be a problem you can't tackle with perhaps a little more reading online and a few hours in your favorite text editor or IDE.

If however you don't hunger for the ability to create but simply want to flesh out your ideas then you might consider finding a programmer (or rather, a talented web developer) to create your sites. Either way I don't believe there is an age in your life where you just can't figure it out.

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