[satori99]

I was in exactly the same position as you a few years ago (I am 38). However in the last two years I have embraced OSS technologies and have not looked back. I feel like I wasted too much time in .NET land, and the best bit is that programming is actually more fun for me now.

[jfletch1925]

That's very good. How exactly did you make the switch? Did you start to participate in an open source project? Did you just start learning it on your own and then gt hired somewhere? I'm very interested in hearing aboout how you made the switch.