Retire from companies, or retire from programming? Many of us face changes in our 40s and we think that 'My life is over at 40. How ever will I start again?'.

Retire from companies, or retire from programming? Many of us face changes in our 40s and we think that 'My life is over at 40. How ever will I start again?'. Quite often those changes are for the best. You may meet the love of your life when you finally part from your first wife. You may find the best programming company in the world when you finally leave that first dead-end job. It all depends on your point of view: run away or look ahead? By the way I'm just 2 years off 80. I still enjoy programming. But now I program for myself, not a boss.