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Comment on Ask HN: How can I continue working as long as possible?

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I'm 75 and I am a software developer. Keep calm and soldier on.

I'm 60, and also a software developer. Are you still working full time as an employee?

Yes I am working full time.

is this in the US, europe or somewhere else, and may I ask how you found your gigs the past 15 years or so?

I live in California. California is ostensibly part of the US.

I'll say this: headhunters are worthless after you turn 50. What works is jobs lists (like right here on HN), Craigslist and word of mouth.

I'm 115 and still working as a programmer, things haven't changed so much since the 30s anyway, we were serverless back then as well, primarily coze we had neither servers nor computers.

back to monoliths now too I presume

What do you think has been most helpful in keeping you in the field for so long, and how long have you been a developer for? Did you come at it later in life? Do you have a strategy for continuous learning? or any other advice?

I'm 57 and still a software developer.

I _think_ I can retire, but I like software, and I like working with people. And lying on the beach bores me after a day.

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