I know right, such a waste. Plus it's so random on how they will turn out!

Any suggestions on how to reduce that waste?

You left out the part that the non-factory jobs sucked more (or were just non-existent).

This is the opposite.

Meh, today I opened twenty PRs and felt great. That's worth it to me. (/s)

https://twentyprsaday.github.io/

probably one of the few human commenters remaining here

Cue a flood of crass jokes as the bots attempt to prove their humanity

If I picked it up from someone else's garden without permission then yeah.

You can sit on your couch all day for 30 days and corporations will still be able to take your money. The marvels of frictionless payments.

Well ain't this a chronological oddity. Always 6 months away!

I don't want Codex dammit! I'm a Claude Code man.

Software became ubiquitous because a huge majority of the population found utility and enjoyment from what software had to offer. Very quickly that number in the population is dwindling. (Good) software can only thrive in an environment where other sectors are also thriving. Who needs 99.999% uptime when your family is starving and freezing.

And if the wages drop, then there will be less demand of those trades, and when there's less demand, ...

Some of the trades are non-negotiables that have to be done regardless of the current economic situation. They'll be hurt too by the overall cheapening of labor, but those have the best odds of making it through.