age of Python programmers

[Lucas Raab]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

 

[Gerrit Muller]

Most Python programmers I know are 40+. I am myself 47 (born in december
1956).

regards Gerrit

P.S.,

how many teeners are still programming? Most teeners I know build
websites, but they don't program.

 

[Jeremy Jones]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

Is this a marketing survey?

age: 31
marital status: married - have 1 wife
parental status: 2 children
canine status: have 1 dog
feline status: 1 cat
employment status: (very) thankfully have a (good) job
automobile status: 2 cars
sanity status: nearly none

Jeremy

 

[Lucas Raab]

I myself am only 14. I've been programming for two years with Python. I've
tried C++, but found it a pain in the area that Preparation H fixes. I got
started programming with Python as a result of a 4-H computer science
project. I was looking for a free, easy to learn language and happily found
it with Python. I'm currently interested in the network-centered areas of
Python.

 

[Tom Brown]

I am 35.

-Tom

 

[Guyon Morée]

21 years and counting....

 

[Peter Hansen]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer??

My average age has been increasing steadily for years. :-(

 

[Will McGugan]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

I have reached the grand old age of 30.

I think C++ has prematurely aged me, so Im hoping Python can roll back
the clock.


Will McGugan

 

[Christopher T King]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

I'm 19. The only other Python programmer I know personally is 21.
Congrats on discovering Python at 14; back then I thought VB was a godsend.

 

[Marcin Jurczuk]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

26 ..today ...a hell ...

 

[Mark Jackson]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

55. Wrote my first program at 16 (Fortran, punch cards).

 

[Mike C. Fletcher]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

It's going to take a long time if we all just give single numbers.

From what I've seen at PyCon and PyGTA (and I *suck* at guessing ages,
btw), there is a large population lump in the late teens and early
twenties among the Twisted developers. IIRC there was actually a PyCon
survey that might have this information with *real* numbers. Theres a
good little bump among the scientific and core-dev peoples for late
forties and above (maybe those careers keep you flexible enough to try
new things? Maybe the projects are experimental enough that using a
"new" language isn't a problem?)

Beyond those groups, I would guess the average is in the early
thirties/late twenties, with most of the bulk from 25-ish through
33-ish. Of course, the "casual" Python programmer isn't likely to show
up to *any* Python-related event, and there are likely more of them than
those of us who've drunk the kool-aid. And as I mentioned before, I
suck at guessing ages...

It's so much more efficient to just make up the statistics.
Mike

________________________________________________
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Designer, VR Plumber, Coder
http://www.vrplumber.com
http://blog.vrplumber.com

 

[Peter Wilkinson]

32 here ..... but my wife is 25 ;-) my effective age is 25.

Peter

 

[oziko]

I am 24 years old!

 

[Skip Montanaro]

Christopher> I'm 19. The only other Python programmer I know personally
Christopher> is 21. Congrats on discovering Python at 14; back then I
Christopher> thought VB was a godsend.

Whippersnapper... At 14 I would have thought a computer was a godsend. ;-)

(I'm 50, btw.)

Skip

 

[Dave Opstad]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

I'm 50, and have been programming since LBJ was in the White House.
Python is a real breath of fresh air, and I'm delighted that my employer
is letting me use it for essentially all my work.

Python fits my brain.

Dave

 

[OKB (not okblacke)]

how many teeners are still programming? Most teeners I know build
websites, but they don't program.

I turned 20 about 6 months ago and I've been goofing around with
Python for about 2 years. I'd also been programming in other languages
(like Basic for a long time before that.

--
--OKB (not okblacke)
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is
no path, and leave a trail."
--author unknown

 

[Adonis]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

23

 

[Peter Hickman]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a
Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

43 (20 years a programmer).

 

[Axel Steiner]

One thing I've always kind of wondered is what is the average age of a

Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
about....

22....started programming with 15 (Perl) ...

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