How to Learn Coding After 40 and Leave the 9 to 5 Job

By MaciejN

August 25, 2017

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"I started to learn to code at home. It was Ruby on Rails at the beginning and then - Javascript frameworks."

If you don't mind, how old were you when you started learning? I'm impressed you went from learning to running a bootcamp. Where can I find that kind of motivation? ;)

"I didn't have any idea how to launch paid ads on Twitter or Facebook. But when you are desperate, you learn quicker. I found forums I didn't hear about before. I contacted all Meteor meetups in Europe and shot messages to the organisers. In the process, I got blocked by Meetup and Twitter several times."

Great to see this kind of hustle paying off.

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  @GregariousHermit Thanks for kind words. I've been probably 40 when I started.
  When you have a regular job, that's boring or you don't like it anymore, you are trying to escape into different worlds and find something inspiring. First I started to run - it brought me to run through the Sahara desert. Later I spent two years learning to play piano.
  But I wanted to create things. This is how my web developer adventures started. And now I really love it. Learning during the bootcamps is one thing, but meeting amazing people is priceless. You can find one of many inspiring stories from my bootcamps here: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/marwans-story-from-developer-to-refugee-ddf73199253e.
  And answering your question: Whatever you want to do, put one foot in front of the other, and after some time you will be amazed were you can get.
  
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So inspiring article! Great story! Good luck with that!

Igor Ozherelyev

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