[theshrike79]

I keep an eye on the trends and kinda dip my toe in a bit so that I know the basics.

Like with AI, I've tried Copilot (in the free beta). I've poked around GPT both on the web and using the API. I've tried local LLM models and StableFusion.

Not going to go all-in on any of that, but I kinda know what's going on and where the tech is at.

Now if someone pays me to take a deeper interest, I already know where to start looking and who to ask for more information.

Also: look for the boring stuff. There's a ton of work in the uncool industries.

There's software in tractors, mining equipment, smart metering etc. It's not the cool whiz-bang stuff where you can rewrite everything in Rust, but on the other hand it's stable work where the software is just a part of the bigger machine and you're usually not writing code with a fire under your ass. Nobody expects 16 hour work days and there's actual work-life balance.