I keep reading people posting here and on ijustvibecodedthis.com (the ai coding newsletter) about “we’re cooked”, “riding out this wave”, and “time to upskill”. To the people here who are around 27-35, what actually IS your backup plan? I’m struggling to understand how so many here are seemingly cheering on their own obsolescence. Edit: I’m not as stupid as I seem. I know that AI is a tool and software development is not being a code monkey. I just don’t understand how Reddit thinks every SWE can and should retire at 25-30 otherwise they mismanaged their money. It just screams elitism and sounds tone deaf. I put this out there to get some idea of alternative career paths or tech niches that people were referring to when they say “upskill” or “pivot”. submitted by /u/unfortuantelyshelove
Originally posted by u/unfortuantelyshelove on r/ClaudeCode