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Ask HN: What did you do after you turned 40 that you don't regret?

by kamphey on 1/16/25, 12:12 AM with 8 comments

For programmers, coders, hackers here: What did you do career-wise or business-wise, or life-wise after you turned 40? And something you didn't regret. Maybe something you did new for the first time and changed your life.

  • by mPReDiToR on 1/16/25, 5:32 AM

    I wouldn't recommend this without reservations, but I passed my bike test at 40 and got a 1 litre adventure sport motorcycle.

    I'd ridden bikes in my youth and have been a professional driver for most of my life. Knowing how roads work, how dangerous all the other fools on them are, and being used to the hazards on UK roads, I started off slow. Every car driver is a "didn't see you, mate" waiting to happen.

    The freedom and joy of riding through North Yorkshire, the beauty of the place, the days out in the sun, and the people you speak to make it a massive thing in my life that I wish I could do more of.

  • by GianFabien on 1/16/25, 3:53 AM

    At 51 (bit overdue for a mid-life crisis), went back to university to do a PhD and teach.

  • by lordkrandel on 1/16/25, 9:37 AM

    Get someone would say, have a child!

  • by fuzzfactor on 1/16/25, 3:41 AM

    Started playing with oldies musicians after the music I grew up with got far enough out-of-date.

  • by TowerTall on 1/16/25, 10:50 AM

    Sold everything. Relocated from north Europe to a tropical island in Thailand.

  • by selectnull on 1/16/25, 12:29 AM

    Started swimming.

  • by LinuxBender on 1/16/25, 12:40 AM

    Kegels. Can do them in meetings.

  • by PaulHoule on 1/16/25, 12:24 AM

    Kettlebells