Yep - I got a BS/MS in Comp Sci by 1980 and had a wonderful career. Windows changed everything around 2000 as computers got cheap, they crashed and I needed 10 times as many to do the same job as Windows machines are mostly suited to run one thing.
I got laid off in 2015 and walked away from it. I lit up my pensions, got a clerical job using a computer and will fully retire when Medicare comes around in 3 years.
I went to Business Analysis back in the late 90’s for one reason: Indians were invading. While we billed out at $100 an hour, they billed out at $17.50. I needed to find a slot that required strong communication skills, something I already had in spades.
I turn 66 in just over a year. I’ll collect SS and continue to work for a while, and then I’m done. We bought a small farm in south central KY (moved from Seattle) and will pay it off, leaving us with nothing but a $450 annual real estate tax cost. We’re going as Galt as one can go without completely tuning out.
A windmill and an auto alternator can make a great power generator, BTW.