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What bothers you about it? The 30 years part?

Start planning now, and you could theoretically cut that down to 10 or 15. Is it a better plan now?

Maybe you need to live frugally to enjoy the life you want after programming; and you possibly don't need the 30 years of work to get there.

I'm currently a developer with a partial degree in fine arts. All the experience and rank I gained through work and promotion.

Honestly, the plan is to do this for about 5 or 10 more years while my spouse and I build our real estate business; then just maintain those, while doing a lot more interesting stuff, like Fine Arts.