If you're over 45 and really smart, you should already have great connections and/or capital built up using your personal investments. Actually what I realized

If you're over 45 and really smart, you should already have great connections and/or capital built up using your personal investments. Actually what I realized when I was 30, is that at that point the only way I was able to get an interview was through my connections...through my ex collegaues I could get an interview with any company I wanted to in 1 day though (I just didn't try that first).