I'm 60 in a few days. I slid into Verilog (now SystemVerilog) about 12 years ago, mostly on FPGAs. These days I've got more work than I know what to do with. I'm planning on retiring in December.
There's something to be said for a less common role, even if it does give me a splitting headache every now and then.
Its really rare to get a Verilog related job with stock options/good pay though. You can do an infinite amount of it making terrible money working in defense; doubly so if you want to live somewhere awful.
There's something to be said for a less common role, even if it does give me a splitting headache every now and then.