Comment by scrozier

Not that it's a contest, but I'm 63. :-) After a mostly entrepreneurial career--but always around software--I'm back to coding every day for a living. I love the sense of accomplishment--always have. Great advice here, to which I might add that getting comfortable as an independent contractor is very useful as well. For me, there are many philosophical reasons for that, but practical ones as well; the most mundane of which is simply that if you do lose a traditional employee job, you feel comfortable grabbing a contract job in the meantime.