I'm 57 and have no desire to retire. I know plenty of other programmers in their 50s who aren't itching to retire.
Programming, at least for me, isn't like some factory job where you can't wait to get out at your 30 years or whatever. I've always enjoyed what I do and found it rewarding.
That is absolutely absurd. Most people, especially those outside the FAANG ecosystem and in literally the rest of the world outside of SV, are not trying to retire at fifty. Jesus.
I said looking towards it not retiring. Probably retiring in 12 years or so with the company planning for their exit on the horizon seems like a pretty common situation in a lot of fields.
Seriously. I've been programming almost 30 years and I feel like I could easily have another 10 in me. I'm sure many reading this will assume my skills are deteriorating at an atrocious rate. But I'm still the lead developer on a team that leans on me heavily to figure out the hard stuff. So I can't be too far gone.