Exactly. I came upon this conclusion back in 2009. It took me six months to emotionally accept it, and when I did, the conclusion I came up with is to hasten it

Exactly. I came upon this conclusion back in 2009. It took me six months to emotionally accept it, and when I did, the conclusion I came up with is to hasten it. To deliberately write myself out of a career. So yes! Build up your network, build up your resources. Enjoy the good times and store things up during the times of abundance. Figure out how to completely replace having a job as your source of income (that is, you might still have to work, but you wouldn't necessarily have a job). Solve hard problems. Those problems might not necessarily be in software. "Winter is coming" :-D