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But not Shirley M. McKerrow, a retired business owner and politician from Darwin, Australia.
Ms. McKerrow, who is 84, revels in the thought of leaning to develop those same apps and websites. Last year, she began taking free online coding lessons through Codesacademy-
An interactive platform that teaches programming languages and was tutored along the way by her techsavy grandson.
She could hardly contain her enthusiasm : ''I might use my newfound skills to create newfound personalized, all singing-and-dancing online birthday cards -in fact, all sorts of greeting cards for my family and friends.
Maybe I could even graduate in making greeting cards for businesses or for members of Parliament to send to their constituents
''I have all sorts of ideas,'' she continued, ''but need to progress my skills to a little further before I get too carried away.''
While millennials make up the bulk of those learning skills like web design, programming or digital marketing -the average age of students at booting camps is just under 30 -some people old enough to be their parents or even grandparents are also acquiring these abilities.
Some, like Mss. McKerrow, are talking free lessons or video instructions online.
[About a million of Codecademy's 45 million users globally are 55 or older]. Others subscribe to web-based courses or take classes at community colleges, universities or boot camps.
''To say there are 'many' might be a stretch,'' said Jack Schwartz, a founder and chief executive of General Assembly, which offers technology and design training online and in 20 locations.
''But they have been a welcome addition in class dynamics.''
Many older coders want to develop new skills to keep their jobs or to start second careers. Some are looking for volunteer opportunities or hobbies in their retirement.
Nearly all who have gone through the rigors of trying to understand correct syntax, algorithms and other technical foundations also gain a sense of confidence and accomplishment, while maintaining and improving their mental acuity.
Liz Beigle-Bryant, 60, of Seattle, credits the online classes she took in HTML and CSS code for helping her land a ''dream job'' recently as a document control coordinator at the public transit agency South Transit.
''One of the big obstacles in a job interview when you're older is that people think you're inflexible and you can't learn new things,'' said Ms. Beigle-Bryant, who was laid off from her job as an administrative assistant at Microsoft in 2011.
The code lessons she took a few years ago, also through Codecademy, ''gave me an edge,'' she said. ''I developed a confidence that I didn't have before.''
The operator's of many of the nation's nearly 100 coding boot camps say the vast majority of students enrolled in immersive training programs, which usually last 12 and 15 weeks and cost about $12,000 to $15,000, find employment upon completion.
*Older people have been part of these success stories yet they often hesitate even to get started*.
''I think so many people are discouraged because they think they're too old,'' said Letta M.Raven, a tech support specialist for a payroll software company and a frequent speaker at women's tech conferences.
She has observed this reluctance among some conferencegoers and even had it herself.
''I was considered old in this industry,'' said Ms. Raven, who is 42 and held many jobs before settling into her current career.
She was long interested in software development, but it wasn't until two years ago that she enrolled at PDX Code Guild, a boot camp, and took courses in programming languages.
Ms. Beigle-Bryant also remembers being pointed away from anything technical and more toward the fine arts when she was younger.
Programming ''was something I've wanted to do since high school,'' she said,''but I was always discouraged from taking computer classes.'' She did manage to take in 1973.
The honor and Serving of the latest ''Operational research'' on the Elderly, Life and Living, continues. The World Students Society thanks researcher and author Vivian Marino.
With respectful dedication to the Students, Professors and Teachers of the world. See Ya all ''register'' on !WOW! -the World Students Society and Twitter !E-WOW! -the Ecosystem 2011:
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