Thanks mate - no the salary is / would be really really good - not a matter of that, just got 2 opps for high level stuff, got feedback to be perfect fit regarding the required skills and experience - but both had one other guy, bit weaker but 10 / 15 years younger, got the job - I am now really in a shit mood to be honest given I might have been to naive (tech normal is not better in terms of the age issue it seems).