Obviously I don't have a solution to offer anyone, but this is one of my motivations for wanting to learn more about things like category theory, type theory, f

Obviously I don't have a solution to offer anyone, but this is one of my motivations for wanting to learn more about things like category theory, type theory, functional programming... It's not directly about getting skills that will land me a high paying job (via... marketable resume keywords?), it's more about trying to understand the fundamentals that no PL or framework trend, or social current, can obviate.