I have to concur with you. I've been hearing about this death at 40 thing for decades and I think it's a bit blown up, especially in IT field. There were a lo

I have to concur with you. I've been hearing about this death at 40 thing for decades and I think it's a bit blown up, especially in IT field. There were a lot of folks warning about this even during the dot com bubble when there was very severe IT labor shortage. In my 20 year IT career -- and I've worked mostly in tech/finance in the NYC area -- the only downturns I noticed were during the most extreme financial crisis, such as the dot com bubble (2001 -- I was at an internet startup) and the housing crash (2008 - I was at Merrill). Most of my buddies in my age group are doing quite well. Even those non-technical folks who used to complain about the age discrimination two decades when they were in their 20's, are now employed in semi-technical jobs. Now, I'm pretty sure that the age discrimination is real in other industries, but it's still quite difficult to find qualified, experienced candidates in IT, regardless of age.