Just about to hit my big 40 :sigh: Started coding professionally after leaving college and, with a short few years outside the trade, have never stopped. I've had jobs where the coding is the primary task and others where it's just a bit of scripting for a one-off task. I still get a buzz out of learning a new way of getting the code to do what I want and I get a great deal of satisfaction out of completed project, either a small application for myself at home or a larger job for work. My Mrs has asked me several times why I haven't gone for management positions. I know that the job satisfaction just will not be there.