I'm 58, live in the country (UK) and found a programming job almost exactly suited to my skill set (Pascal mainly-i.e. Delphi along with C# plus a few years of

I'm 58, live in the country (UK) and found a programming job almost exactly suited to my skill set (Pascal mainly-i.e. Delphi along with C# plus a few years of C, C++). Add in 5 years of 6502/Z80 assembly (games in the 80s), two years of Ada. The last three years was creating a mobile app in C#/Xamarin. Plus lots of php, html, SQL. To stand out from other candidates I prepared a 7 minute screen cast (using Camtasia which I bought a couple of years back) showing off programs I'd written and briefly mentioning programming aspects that made each program different. I uploaded it to Dropbox, emailed the link to the recruitment agent who forwarded it on. I got the job after two interviews and have just completed my first week. I was lucky, round here there aren't that many programmers and most jobs are for C#/ASP.NET MVC websites. It's just a 30 minute drive away. The job interviews included an online IQ test (not a problem), a logic test which was not my finest hour (4PM on a Friday is the worst time for me!) and a 10 minute stand up presentation on the subject of my choice. "A trip to an Arctic Isle."