Ask HN: Old hackers, what's it like there?

I'm looking to hear stories from old (completely subjective and I hope not an impolitically correct term, I'm not from the US) programmers/hackers. Did you transition out of programming at some point or do you still find time a few days a month to code? I personally would like to not quit coding when I grow older, I still want the ability to create my own tools/systems for me or other people to use. But life changes so I can't guarantee things. Any answer is okay, I would just like to hear some learnings/stories, because I don't know a programmer over 40 in real life.