What occupation should an old programmer do?

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Project managers who can code are very valuable. In fact, I predict project management demand will grow much much faster than programming demand, simply because it’s almost as hard to find good management as it is to find good engineering talent.

I do not recommend getting out of software anytime soon. Your skills atrophy quickly and while you might get some short-term satisfaction out of a career change, you’re ultimately shooting yourself in the foot.

Pretty much everyone I know that makes decent money is in software. Even hardware engineering is looking more and more like software development these days. Even my own step-dad, who was in the Marine Corps for 30 years, now works in software, albeit for a government contractor.

Software jobs are the new factory jobs. A real game-changer for everyone who listens to their siren call.