Sadly, the down economy has put a lot of workers over age 50 in the unenviable position of needing to find a new profession.
Don't believe that old clich about middle-aged dogs and new tricks, though; lots of wildly successful people found big success in careers they began after their fiftieth birthdays.
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/worklife/05/16/mf.famous.career.after.50/index.html
