[akavi]

Most engineers in tech will have the majority of their net worth growth come from returns to capital and imputed rent as they approach retirement age.

Does that mean they shift from "worker" to "capitalist" over the course of their life? I'd say there's some value in having a term distinguishing those who will predictably be in that state from those who will not be, no?

[saalweachter]

Is that meaningfully different than being a "pensioner"?

[wry_discontent]

I haven't found it useful to think of those categories as strictly binary. You can be a capitalist and a worker, as far as I can tell. They're more like roles than essential qualities.