Look, maybe I’m saying the quiet part out loud, but if software engineering isn’t where the money is at anymore, and those jobs go away, I’d be competent at something else. I’m a smart person. I work hard. I’m confident I’d be able to displace someone who isn’t as smart as me and just “take” their job.

There’s going to be a need for smart people with a good work ethic unless literally everyone loses their jobs, and at that point we’re living past the singularly event horizon as far as I’m concerned and all bets are off.