This is exactly my point: it sucked hard because we were afraid of dying, but not afraid of becoming obsolete. In fact, I believe that you, just like me, were rejecting recruiters on LinkedIn on daily basis.

Now it sucks because we're afraid of not being able to provide for our families in the near future.

It will always suck in some way, so we should REALLY focus on _what_ we can do. Otherwise, we'll be consumed by anxiety until the day we die.