[awjr]

I'm going propose that the HN crowd is self-selecting to a point. If you are still involved in software, you will be on HN. If you are now a gardener or shop keeper, you are unlikely to be reading HN.

But as somebody that has been sitting in front of a computer writing code for the last 26 years professionally (and coding since the age of 10, 37 years ago), I simply love the challenge and that you "learn something new everyday". If you cannot see yourself in front of a computer in 30 years time, then you will most likely not be. What you will end up doing is very much down to you and the opportunities that fall into your lap.