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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'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

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.

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.