I’ve observed in YouTube videos and in this forums that a significant number of experienced Bubble developers fall within the age bracket of 30s, 40s, and 50s. In contrast, many code developers seem to be younger, often in their 20s. It makes me wonder if a substantial portion of Bubble developers, like myself, are career shifters who have ventured into the startup world, building apps for their previous industries. I find this particularly intriguing given that I’m in my 40s. Have you also noticed this trend, and if so, what are your thoughts on the diverse backgrounds of developers in the no-code space
I’m 20 and no-code is going pretty well for me - I dabble in custom code for APIs to offload WU intensive tasks off of Bubble but mainly low-code. I know of a few experienced people here that are similar, but most of the active people here are 30+ (well, I’m judging profile pictures so hopefully I’m not too far off…). I only know of one that is about my age.
Why’d I start with Bubble instead of code? I used Bubble because it was easier and quicker to build than code. I’m by no means the most experienced Bubble developer in the world - I explored Bubble just over two years ago, started building properly only one year ago, and started doing it for clients a few months ago. I was able to do that so fast purely because young people can learn much quicker (looking back on some of my old topics is a bit embarrassing, this is a fairly basic question and is only from 11 months ago, and here’s me not knowing how to multiply something by -1 exactly 1 year ago to the day! 
Shoutout to @adamhholmes for dealing with those).
Now, (and I’ve only realised now that you’ve mentioned it), all of the people who have half-finished existing apps that they’re stuck on after developing it themselves and ask for my help do tend to be 40+. I’m not particularly sure why. One theory is that they’re more likely to be trying to build a product (startup founders are older more than younger despite what the media would have you believe) as you identified. Part of this is probably that the young ones also get stuck, but just can’t afford to pay someone to finish off their app.
Another is that young founders often meet in university where they can grab a technical cofounder from the CompSci department. That might mean that these startups/products generally use code. Managers that identify a problem and decide to build their solution don’t have that network into the technical space, so they search ‘how to build own app with no code’ and end up here.
Just my two (probably slightly more than two) cents. I’m actually curious what the age makeup of experienced developers is here and also the age demographics of Bubble as a whole and the reasons for that.
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i def fit this stereotype then. 40 yr old, trying to build something that would suit my 9 to 5 industry but enjoying building much more than the day job. young kid at home so i can do this in the evenings when she’s in bed or on weekends if she’s doing something else. corporate world is a lot of forms, policies, procedures, contracts, asking for authorization blah blah so bubble is a sweet change of just digging right into the build and deciding for yourself what you want to do.
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