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]

Re: age of Python programmers

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.

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[Jeremy Jones]

Re: age of Python programmers

Lucas Raab wrote:
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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]

Re: age of Python programmers

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.

"Gerrit Muller" <gerrit.muller@ embeddedsystems .nl> wrote in message
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> Most Python programmers I know are 40+. I am myself 47 (born in december
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> regards Gerrit
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> how many teeners are still programming? Most teeners I know build
> websites, but they don't program.
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> Gaudi systems architecting:
> <http://www.extra.resea rch.philips.com/natlab/sysarch/>
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[Guyon Morée]

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21 years and counting....



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[Tom Brown]

Re: age of Python programmers

I am 35.

-Tom

On Wednesday 18 August 2004 05:20, Lucas Raab wrote:[color=blue]
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[Peter Hansen]

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

[Will McGugan]

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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]

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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Lucas Raab wrote:
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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]

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On 2004-08-18, Lucas Raab <pythongnome@ho tmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
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> Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
> about....
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26 ..today ...a hell ...

--
Marcin Jurczuk, NIC-HDL: MJ1679-RIPE

[Mike C. Fletcher]

Re: age of Python programmers

Lucas Raab wrote:
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>Python programmer?? What age groups use Python?? Something to think
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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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[Mark Jackson]

Re: age of Python programmers

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

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Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it
is the merger of state and corporate power.
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[Peter Wilkinson]

Re: age of Python programmers

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

Peter


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>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
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[oziko]

Re: age of Python programmers

I am 24 years old!

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[Skip Montanaro]

Re: age of Python programmers


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.)

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