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Ok after reading the first few posts i am slightly confused....
I am 19 took one year after leaving college with a BTEC to get a job and ill give some advice
You should get a years experience before applying for jobs cause people arent interested and you wont even get an interview. Learn other things like HTML, Javascript etc. I found many interviews were aquired by me because i had skills in Visual Basic AND simple web development stuff which older people often dont have and seem easily impressed in it :D
Make lots of advanced programs, i work in DX and although its only direct draw it gives fantastic and impressive code to show at interviews, and many people dont have a clue how to use it especially if their older.
University isnt required but may be helpful, university often doesnt help you develop advanced projects, you touch many things in simple ways, it becomes more of a taster in languages than actual learning!!!!
One important thing is dont give up keep developing and showing off your talents in more ambitios and succesful products
P.s Oh and learn how to spell i think i failed cause i am s**t at it!!:D :D :D :D :D
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I'm 127 years of age and I have a nice doggy.
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It's simply older people percieving you as a threat to them because you know more in a growing world of technology.
In addition you would also gain the knowledge of real world polotics and the various things they do.
I have had a lot of problems with people in the past not just in IT with the perception that they are older and they know better.
The simple answer is go around them and if you can't then the company isn't worth working for as they have these plonkers holding the company back becasue they don't want to be below anyone else.
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Age and maturity are actually not connected. Everyone seems to think so but they aren't.
They are distant cousins. Twice removed. To a Chelsea pensioner's home. Flat A325 and F986 (second floor, white curtains). In fact, they only meet in the dinner hall and exchange gum cleaning tips to each other.
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There's also the fact that if you're younger, you simply won't have picked up many years of experience.
For example, I'm 20.
Three years ago I thought I knew everything about VB.
Two years ago I realised I 'now' knew far more, and thought I knew everything.
A year ago the same thing happened.
And now, I've accepted the fact that I know a lot, but I'll never know it all.
I'll always be learning more and more.
Things like version controlling, naming conventions, debugging, generating release & debug versions, dealing with customers...
... its all stuff that you keep learning and learning about.
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Please watch Star Trek The Next Generation episodes with
Wesly Crusher in it.
Most people would like to put his head through the navigation console.
It's very similar to that. Not saying it's right, just trying to put it
into perspective.
