How old were you when you started learning how to program?

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As Al Sweigart explains in his article I am already a zygote. Is it too late for me to learn to program?, you're never too old to learn how to program. And we should think twice before being intimidated by folks who say they were programming before they started walking—that doesn't mean they were writing good code.

Take our poll and let us know how old you were when you started learning how to program. If you're interested in writing for us, you can contribute to our popular My Open Source Story series and tell us about how you learned how to program. Email your story idea to open@opensource.com or submit your idea via our webform.

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1389 votes tallied
1-5 years old
1% (16 votes)
6-10 years old
9% (125 votes)
11-15 years old
26% (367 votes)
16-20 years old
28% (389 votes)
21-30 years old
18% (246 votes)
31-40 years old
6% (86 votes)
41-50 years old
2% (31 votes)
51-60 years old
1% (18 votes)
61+ years old
0% (1 vote)
I haven't started learning (yet)
7% (97 votes)
I have no interest in learning how to program
1% (13 votes)

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Philip Quinlan | December 6, 2015
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Could do with a current age bracket as someone learning at 12 today ranks alongside someone learning at 20 30 years ago

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Ed | December 9, 2017
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I was 14 when I first started programming, I used to spend hours working on projects and keep upping my skills