If you are 40 and speaking at a Tech conference how much experience do you have? Maybe start looking at moving away from the "Coal face" of development? I move

If you are 40 and speaking at a Tech conference how much experience do you have? Maybe start looking at moving away from the "Coal face" of development? I moved to Architect level 7 years ago and am progressively doing less and less coding whilst not feeling like I am losing out (I love to code). You are right in that there are a lot of younger devs coming up, but those younger devs need experience in order to thrive as in my experience a lot of them prefer the fanciest route of newest technologies without the foresight to see where things can go wrong (I am a great believer in "The most boring solution" - but the best tool for the job). Someone mentioned below about companies that don't confuse hours worked with output, this is key in my opinion, just because someone worked 14 hours doesn't mean they necessarily output more work than someone who worked 6! I would also say look at contracting / consulting if you have the experience, this allows you to work on your own terms, it changes your mindset of providing value to a client, you become much more results focused! Good luck with whatever you do - 40 is by no means a barrier to anything in my opinion!