Let me add that many accomplished people didn't achieve much before old age. The media has been spreading the myth that success only lies in the youth.
A couple of years ago, right before my 58th birthday, I saw this posted on HN.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6640430
It says more than I can, but I will add one thing. At about that same time my company hired an engineer a year older than me. He's still doing a great job. I'm not in precisely the same business as you, but it's close enough that I still read HN.
I agree with you.
Let me add that many accomplished people didn't achieve much before old age. The media has been spreading the myth that success only lies in the youth.
Here's a very interesting HN comment section on the article "Does life end at 35?": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6640430