I am 45 years old, and work for a very large consultancy (I won't name them here, but you can figure it out if you're curious). I don't actually work as a consu

I am 45 years old, and work for a very large consultancy (I won't name them here, but you can figure it out if you're curious). I don't actually work as a consultant, but rather on a product. One of the things I like about working here is that when I go to company events, like the internal conference that I'm at this week, I see people at all age levels. Plenty of young people, but also plenty of people my age or older. And the people older than me aren't coasting until retirement - they're mentoring, leading new initiatives, working on exciting projects. It gives me hope that I'll be able to work on interesting things until I'm ready to retire. All this to say, there are plenty of companies that value age and experience, but you might have to look outside of the startup scene.