Since computers have been around generally for more than 20 years now, I wonder if anyone who started in a programming job when they were 40 are still doing it. More bluntly: Is it possible / fun to be a programmer when you're 60? I imagine I'll be an entreprenuer building webapp / other businesses when I'm 60, but I'm curious if anyone is currently doing that.
I don't know about programming specifically, but I have met plenty of people aged >50-60 in CS and most of them still seem really enthusiastic about their work.
Yep, I had a smart coworker who would regale us with tale of starting out as a punch card clerk after someone would complain about an iOS misfeature. Sadly he recently passed. He was working on a startup at the time, and had not only written most of the iPad app, but had picked up rails Ina couple weeks to start the server side. He was past the retirement age, but still bangin on code.
