"Engineer" is a fairly vague term. Once you are 60, you have probably "graduated" to a higher-level engineering job that involves more consulting/management/pl

"Engineer" is a fairly vague term. Once you are 60, you have probably "graduated" to a higher-level engineering job that involves more consulting/management/planning and less gruntwork. If you still enjoy the gruntwork aspect (I do, at times), more power to you. Either way, anyone involved in a programming-related job should always keep themselves up to date by getting their hands dirty once in a while.