26 here. I didn't get into programming until a couple years ago.
As a kid, I was never really exposed to programming. It wasn't offered in middle school or high school. It just so happened that I was never prompted to try it. I majored in something non-technical, and didn't write my first 'for' loop til I was 24.
Which is a shame, because as a kid I totally would have loved it. If only there was one class, one teacher, one person, somewhere, telling me to try programming -- I would have tried it, most likely, if someone pushed me.
Oh well. As a grown up, I've discovered programming, I have a job doing programming, and I love it.
As a kid, I was never really exposed to programming. It wasn't offered in middle school or high school. It just so happened that I was never prompted to try it. I majored in something non-technical, and didn't write my first 'for' loop til I was 24.
Which is a shame, because as a kid I totally would have loved it. If only there was one class, one teacher, one person, somewhere, telling me to try programming -- I would have tried it, most likely, if someone pushed me.
Oh well. As a grown up, I've discovered programming, I have a job doing programming, and I love it.