Learn to code at 50?

Is it too late to Learn to Code when you're past 50 years old? Well, I'd say that it depends on what you want to do. If what you want to do is to work as a coder for somebody else, then I'd say that you're facing an uphill battle. Chances are against you.

If, however, what you want is to build your own tools for your own personal use, then I'd say go for it! Coding really isn't that difficult. If you're dealing with modern computer programming language such as Python, Java, or C++, then you may wonder if coding is easy. However, if you're coding with simple languages such as BASIC, C, or Processing, then you will find that coding isn't that big of a deal. 

In fact, it would be more difficult to fight the perception that those computer languages are obsolete than it is to learn to code them. If you're having trouble finding coding examples in those languages, then, yes, it can be very difficult to learn. But that's where you're suppose to go to the Internet or other communities, whether it is local or on-line, and seek help.

The best language to code? Pseudocode. That's basically English or whatever your native language happens to be. It's very important to be able to design your program properly than to code it properly. Certainly there is a fair share of coders who is arrogant and claim that you need their expertise in doing so, but I disagree. If you design your program well, you can simply hand over your design, in English, to any development house and they'll do it for your, quickly and efficiently. Whereas if you hand them bad or incomplete design, then there'd be a lot of time and money involved, and the project completion is not guaranteed.

You don't need to be a coding hero if you have good design skill.