[yodsanklai]

> You only see top programmers who started as kids and probably won some Olympiads and programming competitions, and this continued in their 20s and maybe kept their skill up till 30s but that's about it.

Olympiads have almost nothing in common with actual engineering work. Overall "regular" coding isn't as brain-intensive as mathematics. Lots of 40+ software engineers are productive even in fast-paced companies so you still have some time. 50+ seem more rare where I work.