[legitster]

> Am I overthinking?

Almost surely, yes.

People really misunderstand automation. If automation saves time and money, humans are fully capable of filling that consumption with something new and not yet automated. Some industries even de-automate. Coffee used to be made automatically at home every day for cheap. Now we spend a ton of money to have humans do it.

In addition, now that baby boomers have started retiring, I don't think people fully understand the US labor pool has actually started contracting for the first time... since WWII?

> what are some suggestions

The biggest risk, as always, is that your current skills or knowledge becomes obsolete. And you get to a point in your life where you can't really go back to entry level in a new vertical.

Your biggest hedge against this is make sure you always have a foot in some other technology, or have transferrable people/project management skills.

[boredmgr]

Thanks for the comments. The last 2 statement "you can't go back to entry level" and "biggest hedge against this is make sure always have a foot in some other tech" seems to be a bit contradictory. Pardon me if I have not understood it clearly. But if someone is not able to go back to entry level then how can they have foot in other tech?

[legitster]

Even if you are an expert on X technology, you can still apply yourself to learning Y by involving yourself in projects that feature it.