I know there is ageism, but I wouldn't worry about that if you're really passionate. By passionate I don't mean "willing to be exploited" either. I mean, on you

I know there is ageism, but I wouldn't worry about that if you're really passionate. By passionate I don't mean "willing to be exploited" either. I mean, on your own time you've got some impressive projects you work on. If you try to go the tired old route of handing your resume to a recruiter, of course you're going to face ageism. I don't even have that much stuff on the web and I often get emails about what my rates are for freelance work. So, do some projects, make sure you really love programming, try to pick up some side work, then eventually you'll find someone who wants to give you a full time job. If you're talented and good you can do this no problem. We are in strong demand right now. If you go the tired route of resume spamming you're more likely to be glossed over unless you've got something really, really impressive on there.