I am only slightly older, at 58, but I moved through engineering into management at about 50, though managed to keep hold of some of the interesting engineering activities. I then took redundancy last year and moved into an engineering consultancy where I have got rid of the management stuff and am doing engineering again. They took one look at my CV and thanks to my experience I was almost offered the job on the spot. I am surrounded by a lot of younger engineers (and a few who are older) but we all respect each other because of our abilities and age is ignored - a great environment to work in.
I am only slightly older, at 58, but I moved through engineering into management at about 50, though managed to keep hold of some of the interesting engineering activities. I then took redundancy last year and moved into an engineering consultancy where I have got rid of the management stuff and am doing engineering again. They took one look at my CV and thanks to my experience I was almost offered the job on the spot. I am surrounded by a lot of younger engineers (and a few who are older) but we all respect each other because of our abilities and age is ignored - a great environment to work in.
