Enzo I hope that by the time you read this that you are well on the way with the amazing plan you have. Very recently I had a friend come to me with the exact same issue: the age phobic (thank you Anita for that phrase. love it) approach when it comes to hiring older people. So I did some research for my friend and here is what I found…I contacted the community college. I was directed to go to their campus job center. When I went there, I found some extremely encouraging options for my friend. Within that job center they have assistance designed exactly for people in this predicament. They have real time contacts in the community otherwise not available to the general public. How they pull that off I have no idea. Also, I do not know if you are a veteran but assuming you are in the US the job center also has retired career military people with strong connections with companies that give preference to veterans. If that’s not enough, check this out. There is a department down the hall that has workshops and guidance for people wanting to develop their entrepreneur abilities. They go so far as to give you step by step methods to achieve it, connect you with companies associated with the entrepreneur development process. After setting my friend up with this avenue, he got a well paying job in 4 weeks. Incidentally the counselor told my friend that 70% of the jobs out there are not found on the internet. They are found on head hunter job sites, which I guess does count as the internet, and lately a very powerful resource is LinkedIn. I hope this is helpful to you. I’m not going to wish you luck though. I’d be implying you need it. You already have what it takes so go get it my friend.