It depends, and it depends on where you are. I've heard it's bad in the Valley but I haven't seen it elsewhere so much. The biggest advice I give to programmer

It depends, and it depends on where you are. I've heard it's bad in the Valley but I haven't seen it elsewhere so much. The biggest advice I give to programmers who are getting older and want to stay programmers is: don't let you skills atrophy, and always keep learning new technologies. If you do those things you're probably fine. Older programmers can sometimes command a premium since if they're good they'll have a tremendous amount of very esoteric knowledge and a lot of experience.