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Is it too late for me to be a programmer?
Hi, I'm 18 years old and currently a 2nd year Business administration college student majoring in human resource development management.
To my horror, my professor told me that our job after graduating would be a personnel assistant or a clerk. Not that it's not honorable, it's just that I don't want to end up like that and besides, I'm planning to start a software company that might just change the way traditional education system works.
Now, Is it too late for me if I returned to school to study programming? Because I'm afraid that I might be doing the wrong decision and MBA seems pretty to me.
Thanks for the time and effort :)
1 Answer
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, far too late to be a programmer and a really bad career choice.
- Many programmers, have an interest from childhood and spend years practicing the craft. By the time they take qualifications its a walk in the park.
- Many don't bother with qualifications as your profile of your work is more important.
- A lot of programming gets outsourced. Why pay more just for someone in the west to do it, when someone in a poorer country can do it a lot cheaper.
- There are quite a number of child prodigies, especially in Asia, that are remarkable programmers.
You really would be wasting your time and money.
Source(s): I work in IT. I knew this from an early age, so specialise in hardware. With hardware, you always need to be onsite, so its harder to outsource your work.