# Aging with programming

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aging-with-programming/653109>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aging-with-programming/653109 "2022-08-17T16:36:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wayne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wayne/32/16501_2.png) [@Wayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Wayne)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aging-with-programming/653109/1 "2022-08-17T16:36:20Z")

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The median age of a programmer is 42 years old.

How do programmers age? Do most of them stay until they are pensioned?

What’s your story and plan?

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**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/aging-with-programming/653109/2 "2022-08-19T16:28:03Z")

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I hope to code (or write about coding) until the day I die…hopefully a long time from now 😛