Your story resonates with me. My wife and i are in our early to mid 60’s and we have to work because neither one of us were able to save up for retirement in our earlier years. My wife is a special ed teacher at a local high school and I have been a tech worker for the last 28 yrs. I have been pursuing a better paying IT job for the last year and a half. I keep hearing “while your background is impressive we have decided to go with a different candidate.”.,Age discrimination is alive and well. Now i am a contractor making a 3rd of what i should be making with no benefits. Luckily my wife was able to put me on her health plan.