Aging, mediocre programmer seeks fellow technical-minded individuals
&gt; Very soon ageism will catch up with me and I&#x27;ll be unemployed.<p>I guess if you&#x27;ve made up your mind that this is inevitable then it probably is. As a counterpoint I&#x27;m turning 57 this Thursday and I&#x27;m happily employed as an SRE for a small company. I&#x27;m well past &quot;my forties&quot; and have not found ageism to be a significant barrier. The OP did not request advice on how to remain technically relevant, so I won&#x27;t offer any here, but if you&#x27;re at the point where you&#x27;re no longer interested in growing as an engineer then yeah, time to find something else to do.