A lot of it depends, I think, on what it'll be like for people to look back on past achievements at age 65+. If it's a case of "oh, in fact most of my career w

A lot of it depends, I think, on what it'll be like for people to look back on past achievements at age 65+. If it's a case of "oh, in fact most of my career was (re)building things that weren't really required in order to consolidate power and to reduce the strength of democratic society and institutions", that could be a bad time. If it's more along the lines of "I genuinely helped to improve the lives of a large number of people by assisting them in doing what they want to do day-to-day, extending opportunity, access and freedom" that could be better. Plumbing, baking, carpentry, etc seem to be more likely to unambiguously fall into the latter, happy category -- although I think software can, too. Regardless, for many of us, a way to opt out of the moral quandary is simply to say "oh, well it pays the bills well and is not physically demanding".