[dkryptr]

I'm not sure if you're looking at large organizations or what, but where I've worked in the midwest (one company with less than 100 employees and a startup with 5), both have had software engineers/developers older than 40. In fact, we sometimes hired people that were specifically older with more experience at the company with less than 100 employees.

Maybe you just need to tune which companies you look at and/or lower you salary expectations. I'm not sure honestly. Just thought I'd try and give you my experience.