You're 33, you're not on the 'older side of the programmer market.'
If anyone tells you that, I suggest you take a long hard look at who they actually are.
If anyone tells you that, I suggest you take a long hard look at who they actually are.
It's a separate subject, but there is a lot of age bias in the field.
My source is that I know plenty of developers working in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60, which is anecdotal for you but reality for me.