[davismwfl]

It all depends on you. I hear a lot of people in the tech industry that are 40+ complain about the difficulty in getting a job, finding a team etc. But the reality is I am in that category and yes, startups can be a bit harder cause in general the older we are the more likely we have a life, kids and obligations outside of work. And yes, there are a lot of interview techniques are lacking in finding quality people and focus on the wrong things, but that isn't everywhere and it isn't honestly new.

Can you make the switch? It just totally depends on you. You will need to be aggressive in looking for work, you'll have to demonstrate you are qualified and you'll need to show people samples of work. The samples can be personal sites, little things you built, open source you contributed to whatever. You would be essentially a junior web dev, so your expectations of pay and position should be in line with that, if you accept those things and can do the work, absolutely you can make the switch.