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by defined 3377 days ago
Some of us, for financial reasons (like emigration, bad luck, divorce, child support, or all the aforementioned) will be coding until we drop dead or get kicked out and can't get work.

Trust me, most of us in this situation are probably acutely and painfully aware of the nightmare scenario, but we've got the tiger by the tail and can't realistically let go. Such is life.