[mrtranscendence]

> Should I have gotten help from the government to instead stick to old style sysadmin work?

I don't think anyone beyond a few marginal voices are calling for a ban on job automation. What they seem to prefer is that, if they are to be automated out of a job, they should be compensated for their copyrighted works having been used in the process of doing so.

Regardless, at the very least people who are being automated should get some government support. Not everyone can easily retrain.