50 here going strong and still an IC and I got my first job in BigTech at 46. When I lost my job in late 2023 I had three offers within three weeks including one that would have paid more than I was making - in cash - at BigTech. I didn’t want the stress and I wanted to get back to smaller companies.
When I was looking again last year it all took 3 weeks to get the offer I have now. It only took that long to get scheduled for all of the interviews from an internal recruiter reaching out to me.
