<prompt> Human: Im planning to travel, and it seems like this might be a way I could work remotely. I think Id like the work. Im just wondering if there really are all those jobs I keep reading about, and if I should invest my time over the next couple of years to learn how to do it.  <response>: Software development IT is commonly thought to have a pretty significant amount of age discrimination. For an older individual with little to no prior experience in that line of work, you run the risk of most hiring managers putting your application near the bottom. Maybe higher if your teaching background is in mathematics.Regarding remote working, those jobs are pretty competitive. If its something you have an interest in doing though, get an account on GitHub and start contributing to open source projects however you can, as soon as you can. 