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by UK-AL 4646 days ago
Dude, when most programmers hit 25 they have already learned dozens of frameworks, know how to build compilers, machine learning, etc. The problem is after a certain age, all the cool/novel stuff no longer is, and it becomes boring as hell and your back to building CRUD Apps and your still got most of your career ahead of you.
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Afforess 4646 days ago
>when most programmers hit 25 they have already learned dozens of frameworks, know how to build compilers, machine learning, etc

Really? I have yet to meet one of these 25-year olds.

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UK-AL 4646 days ago
What 25 year old developers hasn't learned frameworks like django, rails, Java EE, iOS, node.js etc. I know fair few frameworks, some more than others.

The majority of university courses teach you compilers(Parsing, Multi-pass optimisation, machine code output) and ML. I've built a fair few compilers in spare time, and I'm in no way special within my peers. Sure the stuff you learn probably isn't leading edge in terms of research, but unless you take a second job reading research papers, it isn't going to happen for most software developers.

The most enjoyable part of job is probably introducing better software processes, but once it is set up well, I get bored again.

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AUmrysh 4646 days ago
25 year old here, I agree. I only know enough of the frameworks I've learned to solve the problems I've come across. As far as compilers and ML... yeah, I know a little bit of that stuff, but it's far from common for people in my age range to be good at it.
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