Apparently people take offense when you talk about things in general terms. Why is it out of place to say that people who are 60+ who do program are the exception? It was not really a career open to most people forty years ago, it was a rather exclusive field or one left to brave adventurers and hobbyists.

You've been a developer for some time. How many people in your age group do you know that have recently taken up that as a career path?

And no, you weren't programming before I was born.