Believe it or not, I imagine that all the time, and keep a long list of subjects that I casually read about on the side as a hedge. The first thing I would do

Believe it or not, I imagine that all the time, and keep a long list of subjects that I casually read about on the side as a hedge. The first thing I would do is ditch programming as a means of producing a living, and only do it as a hobby, and immediately reorganize my life to transition to a field that pays what programmer salaries are now.