[UncleOxidant]

Maybe your therapist can say life begins at 40 because for a therapist their career starts kicking into high gear at that point and really just keeps going upward until retirement. For a software developer your career can start heading downhill even before 40 - age seems to have no advantage (with regard to career stability) for software developers like it does for therapists, doctors and lawyers.

[africanboy]

I am a software developer, my career had its best moments when I was in my 20s, but at 43 I am making more money with less effort and more enjoyment than all the past 20 years combined.

[x87678r]

You're lucky, my best moments were in my 20s, my best paid were 30s, and now its just downhill everywhere. :)

[wpietri]

It doesn't? There are all sorts of things I think I do better now.

[UncleOxidant]

Oh, definitely same here (mid 50s) - lots of things I know and do better now than I did in my 20s. But we're not valued the same by industry.