we have less IT/programming jobs today than we had in the late 1990s. This site seems to disagree with you: http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/careers-in-gro

we have less IT/programming jobs today than we had in the late 1990s. This site seems to disagree with you: http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/careers-in-growing-field-of-information-technology-services.htm http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-2/careers-in-growing-fiel... . I work with numerous people over 40 actually. Also, I beg to differ that learning a new programming language is a big deal. We've yet to see a single complete disruption in the way we program... It's still editors, compilers and debuggers in the end.