It may not be bad luck/time or bad soft skills, in my experience, as soon as you hit 50 in the United States, you're no longer a good "culture fit" in a majorit

It may not be bad luck/time or bad soft skills, in my experience, as soon as you hit 50 in the United States, you're no longer a good "culture fit" in a majority of software development roles. It's my understanding that in places like China, the cut-off age is closer to 30-35 which sounds terrible if true.