YMMV, I am 58 and I am a UI designer. In my 30's I thought I would be unemployable by 40-years-old due to exceptional "kids" in their 20's who were either as go

YMMV, I am 58 and I am a UI designer. In my 30's I thought I would be unemployable by 40-years-old due to exceptional "kids" in their 20's who were either as good as me but less expensive or who were better, more current, and available for the same price. This paranoia has kept me employable. My experience is that your rate has to match the quality of your work not your experience or names of the NASDAQ 100 companies you worked for. If you are simply equal to the competition then you drop your rate. If you're better you match the rate.