I definitely view it as the only lie being where I was employed when. I'm certainly not adding things I couldn't talk about in depth, including setbacks and how I overcame them.
That said, I'm going to be shit at a technical interview, should that ever come to pass, as I don't really have a preferred language. I determine the project first, then look at options and learn or brush up on whatever's going to be the best fit (or only option) for desired results.
From talking with friends and colleagues my age, I'm scarcely special in terms of the roadblocks I'm hitting. A couple of decades of experience and switching fields seems to be "irrelevantly overexperienced" to ATS.