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I've been writing software since 1978. It has become orders of magnitude more complex over time. Multiple operating systems and languages. Morphing from dedicated mainframe software with simple user terminals to fat applications on a PC desktop, then to network served applications presented on a browser. Chasing the skill sets is a continuous process if you want to stay employed and relevant. Eventually, you find yourself in my boat. A broad range of skills in high demand, but those who want it are unable to pay for it. I'll be retired inside of a month. Long lists of things desired by the customer, but unfunded will go on backlog. The next contract competition will occur in 4 years. Perhaps the customer will have the foresight to fund development of those wants. The environment is a mix of 30 formerly stand-alone web applications that have been pulled under one umbrella and packaged into kubernetes pods with microservice interactions. Most of the team has worked on the individual systems over the last 30 year time span. The "corporate knowledge" needed to morph the old systems into the new paradigm is considerable and the parties who can do it are aging out and/or retiring. AI won't get a bite at the apple because it's all classified systems.