Fifty Eight and reading and retaining more IT tech news than the Students in the classes I teach. I am 1/3 programmer and 2/3 sysadmin, overlay by manager and trainer. It the variety that has kept me going. After 3 to 7 years I want to toss out the things I working on and move on. Always planing for the next cycle. Studying up for a couple of Cert by the end of the year because I am getting that itchy feeling.