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June 16, 2014 08:42 pm GMT

Is It Too Late to Change Career Paths and Become a Programmer?

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This question originally appeared on Quora.

I am 24 years old and just started learning coding. I want to be a programmer. Am I too late in the game?

Answer by Erin Parker, founder of Spitfire Athlete.

It's never too late. So much can happen in a year, it can amaze you.

I majored in economics. When I was about 23 years old, I randomly decided to go to a Railsbridge Meetup, where you learn how to make a basic Ruby on Rails app in a day. I made a basic Rails app and very much enjoyed it. A seed was planted that day.

Months later, I had an idea for a website I've always wanted to build. Although my idea was vague, I imagined [this website] would inspire women to be kick*ss go-getters. I thought it would either be a career website, or one in the health and fitness space. And I definitely wanted to call it Spitfire. I strongly felt such a product was sorely needed, and I felt I had a pretty good perspective and vision to create it. Read more...

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