[Ambitious1325]

Honestly I try to avoid thinking about it. Naive for sure, but as soon as I do I realize it's a matter of time or horsepower before what I do is either shifted massively, or taken away from me entirely. It's incredibly emotionally overwhelming and I'm not sure how to handle it. And it's not just about losing my job, I fear losing the gratification and validation that I get from solving something with code, from wrangling two bits of software together, getting it to click and knowing I made the sand think the right way. And not that I can't still do that without being paid for it, but I feel in the future there will be no material benefit to doing it "by hand" and therefore my love for it will be lost.

for context, I am young and a recent junior dev after a struggle through failing school, self teaching, and finally landing what I thought would carry me through retirement