> He compares himself to a construction worker, who can earn good money due to high work intensity but can easily be replaced by younger, cheaper labour. The o

> He compares himself to a construction worker, who can earn good money due to high work intensity but can easily be replaced by younger, cheaper labour. The only solution I can think of (if you want to keep on programming and not make a career change), is to acquire skills in such a way that you cannot be easily replaced by younger cheaper labour. Easier said than done, but one way to do this IMO is to not go after the fads, but instead to pick less sexy but still useful and important technologies and to become an expert in those. Also, what's been a useful heuristic for me, is what Nassim Taleb calls the "Lindy" effect. The longer something has been in use, the longer you can expect it to be used. This applies especially to technology.