[mirmor23]

I care about arch, design more than ever before as it is a lot easier now.

During the dark days of human slop, the progress was hindered by so many factors -- layers of abstractions, answers hidden behind thin documentation, self-important experts gatekeeping the knowledge, forums doling out rtfm attitude.

Now, it's just a matter of pointing a pack of llm in that direction, and with inquiry based learning, suddenly you are back in control. Heck, to get setup with eval boards and toolchain, it would've cost thousands of dollars 20 years ago.

LLM has allowed me to spend more time on hobbies, at the same time make new tech domain lot more approachable.

Being frugal really helps too - my job might disappear any time.