100%. I grew up wanting to be a graybeard hacker, then watched as everyone decided that coding should be more social than technical. This feeling of falling out

100%. I grew up wanting to be a graybeard hacker, then watched as everyone decided that coding should be more social than technical. This feeling of falling out of alignment with values really did a number on me. I can finally say I’ve started to transmute that into energy towards being a solopreneur. It feels like the equivalent of “f this industry I’m taking my ball and going home” but I don’t see any other way that lets me feel agency at this time. Regarding AI: it is a tangible manifestation of the phantoms that keep us running hard on the economic treadmill. Very familiar feeling, really.