Timeline for Is 4-5 years the “Midlife Crisis” for a programming career?
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| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:29 | history | notice added | yannis | Historical significance | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:29 | history | locked | yannis | ||
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:29 | history | reopened | yannis | ||
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:28 | history | notice removed | yannis | ||
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:28 | history | unlocked | yannis | ||
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:28 | history | notice added | yannis | Historical significance | |
| Mar 13, 2012 at 20:28 | history | locked | yannis | ||
| Oct 12, 2011 at 2:46 | history | edited | Adam Lear♦ | edited tags | |
| Jul 13, 2011 at 22:57 | comment | added | lurscher | closed as "too localized", my god, moderators really got it wrong with this one | |
| Apr 28, 2011 at 23:29 | comment | added | Danny Varod | I voted to migrate. How is this localized to any region in the space-time-continuum or be considered a narrow situation? - Many programmers I know have experienced this (and the many voters and answerers seem to agree). | |
| Dec 28, 2010 at 14:40 | history | closed | CommunityBot ChrisF | too localized | |
| Dec 28, 2010 at 2:58 | answer | added | SnoopDougieDoug | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 27, 2010 at 18:33 | history | migrated | from stackoverflow.com (revisions) | ||
| Sep 14, 2010 at 11:57 | answer | added | Manuel Selva | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 10, 2010 at 7:44 | comment | added | Jeff | @Ismail, reading blogs or google around and self learning has nothing to do with this company. As you said it's something we as programmers all do. | |
| Jun 9, 2010 at 14:38 | answer | added | Dean J | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 8, 2010 at 5:46 | answer | added | dvanaria | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 4, 2010 at 10:27 | comment | added | IsmailS | Don't you think you learned more in this company in the sense that it made you read lot of blogs, Google around and self learn. Because that is what most of us do a lot. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong on previous statement. | |
| Mar 21, 2010 at 21:47 | answer | added | Eric Lloyd | timeline score: 36 | |
| Jan 15, 2010 at 13:04 | answer | added | Jonathan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 13, 2010 at 10:23 | answer | added | Jonathan | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 12, 2010 at 20:21 | answer | added | Marcel | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 8, 2010 at 10:07 | answer | added | rleir | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 15, 2009 at 6:31 | answer | added | P.K | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 18, 2009 at 4:17 | answer | added | jean27 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 17, 2009 at 7:19 | answer | added | Arto Uusikangas | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 12, 2009 at 14:15 | answer | added | peacedog | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 12, 2009 at 13:34 | answer | added | Microdot | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 12, 2009 at 0:07 | answer | added | Rakesh Malik | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 11, 2009 at 23:17 | answer | added | Ben Von Handorf | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 10, 2009 at 19:59 | answer | added | Rockcoder | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 10, 2009 at 10:25 | answer | added | PurplePilot | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 9, 2009 at 7:49 | answer | added | gweg | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 8, 2009 at 1:01 | answer | added | Tangiest | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 19:42 | answer | added | kdgregory | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 18:01 | answer | added | pajato0 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 17:09 | answer | added | Luis Abreu | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 17:05 | answer | added | FinnNk | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 15:55 | answer | added | Danny Varod | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 7:58 | answer | added | Marc Wittke | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 6:11 | answer | added | wentbackward | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 6:03 | comment | added | wentbackward | @jeffrey, it has always been the case you need to differentiate yourself to stand out. I don't see many programmers that are that good. A lot of time, good is perception .. the-one-eyed-man-in-the-land-of-the-blind | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 6:00 | comment | added | wentbackward | Programming takes a long time to master and most people chase the money and glory, playing corporate politics. norvig.com/21-days.html Here, here for the supposed senior programmers. I'm on the other side of the fence, after 20+ yrs. I have to hire these people and it's not often you find someone that can really claim to be a senior programmer. Most of these people have hardly completed their first year 5 times, not the same as 5 years building and growing. | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 5:36 | answer | added | Zied | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 4:39 | answer | added | ae2 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 3:46 | answer | added | Bin Chen | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 2:19 | answer | added | David R Tribble | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 1:46 | answer | added | Piers C | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 1:25 | answer | added | Erik Funkenbusch | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 7, 2009 at 0:51 | answer | added | Spanky | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 22:36 | answer | added | Brandel Zachernuk | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 19:37 | answer | added | mendicant | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 16:59 | answer | added | JB King | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 16:35 | answer | added | lordspace | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 16:16 | answer | added | user37772 | timeline score: 9 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 16:02 | answer | added | ElGringoGrande | timeline score: 32 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 15:57 | answer | added | Max Strini | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 14:20 | answer | added | jessecurry | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 14:10 | answer | added | mfeingold | timeline score: 19 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 11:39 | answer | added | Nicolas Dorier | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 11:24 | answer | added | dodecaphonic | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 11:04 | answer | added | AZ01 | timeline score: 29 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 10:26 | answer | added | Robert Petermeier | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 10:03 | answer | added | Adam | timeline score: 22 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 9:58 | answer | added | Gordon Mackie JoanMiro | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 9:51 | answer | added | Peter Lindqvist | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 9:43 | answer | added | user281377 | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 8:43 | answer | added | AndersK | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 8:26 | answer | added | Olivier Pons | timeline score: 50 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 8:09 | comment | added | Jeff | It's only because now days it's so easy to be good at something, but most often being good at something isn't gonna cut anymore, you have to be extremely good at what you do but throughout my experience I've seen pretty much 2 people max who are great at what they do. | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 8:04 | comment | added | High Performance Mark | 4- 5, sorry, I thought it read 45 years and might promote some interesting discussion. You children :-) (32 years in, still not in crisis) | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 8:03 | answer | added | Kieran Senior | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:59 | answer | added | NeilDurant | timeline score: 18 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:59 | comment | added | Gerrie Schenck | It's strange to see someone else changing jobs every 4-5 years :) Read my answer for more info. | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:57 | answer | added | Gerrie Schenck | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:56 | answer | added | user204592 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:52 | answer | added | user8685 | timeline score: 195 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:45 | answer | added | dlamblin | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:37 | answer | added | Tarik | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:36 | answer | added | Ravinder Singh | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:35 | answer | added | Nikos Steiakakis | timeline score: 70 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:35 | answer | added | bernhardrusch | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 6, 2009 at 7:26 | history | asked | Jeff | CC BY-SA 2.5 |