CaliforniaMan
Full time employment: Posting here.
Strange. I know quite a few software engineers who are in their mid 50s and very employable (one recently switched from Microsoft to Amazon).
Perhaps you have to also be good at your job if you are older?
I have seen the same thing. Most engineers in the group I have been working with are 50+. It is primarily embedded systems stuff and they seem to have problems finding youngsters who can do it. I ascribe it to trying to write code without knowing what is actually going on behind the scenes. Also 50+ experienced hardware types, especially the ones that can combine analog and digital seem to be in high demand for the same reason.