I'm about to turn 50. I've had a /great/ last ten years. I'm not sure what the next decade is going to be like, but keeping fit and keeping up with industry st

I'm about to turn 50. I've had a /great/ last ten years. I'm not sure what the next decade is going to be like, but keeping fit and keeping up with industry stuff that matters are high on my list. I've seen many older developers "die" by - Getting into management (and not keeping up technically) - Becoming complacent and not learning new things on a continual basis - Getting stuck doing the same thing for years I don't mean you should be a butterfly -- nobody likes working with someone who's only spent three months on any project and to whom everything new and flaky is "oooh, shiny!" -- but I've seen too many people just get stuck and seem not to care. My father in law retired as a C programmer when he was 75. I've seen people considering starting a start-up at 60. If you take care of yourself and your industry smarts, I don't see why this couldn't be you, too.