I'm 51 and still lovin' it. I switched companies about three years ago because the company I was working for was sold to Ginormous Enterprise and the quality o

I'm 51 and still lovin' it. I switched companies about three years ago because the company I was working for was sold to Ginormous Enterprise and the quality of work dropped precipitously - our engineering focus changed to writing procedures and navel gazing. :-( I actually had my wife talked into allowing me to switch to an entry level programming job in a totally different software field (potentially at an entry level salary, at least for a while ;-) so I could learn new things and enjoy work again. Before I actually took that step, a startup hired me. I am still in the same field, but I am back to learning lots of new things, working smart and moving fast.