> But, here's the deal: he's basically going to make top dollar until he's 65. Meanwhile, I'll likely be seen as a dinosaur in tech by that age and will be lucky to find work at all.

My grandfather made good money fixing systems for y2k in the 1990s and retired shortly after.

There's plenty of work for dinosaurs. Plenty of systems quickly hacked together today will be around for much longer than planned for.