Appreciate the context! I work in cyber threat Intel now, the paybis decent. Just don't know if this is long term going to remain a viable career path. I'm fine pivoting to AI but it kind of feels hollow. My dad was a plumber and I worked some summers with him, but framing I was thinking traditional timber framing a bit more niche but pays a bit better from the folks I've talked to. I'm not ready to just jump into something like that but it feels more human if that makes sense. Maybe I just need to learn a trade or skill for hobby now with the thinking that if the AI bubble bursts I have other options. Not trying to be all doom and gloom, I've just seen the code the llms produce and itbmay be functional and do what folks want but it feels off, I've played with Intel reports and such with LLMs and theybfo fine, good augmentation, but businesses won't stop there I'm afraid.

NGL I was very interested in AI (not LLMs like chatgpt or Claude) but rather purpose build models to evaluate specific tasks and do one thing and do it well. Was doing numeral networks before all this hype. But I'm just so exhausted. Sick of AI pictures, videos, and managers telling everyone they need to use Claude to code at work. I'm just exhausted. What do I do? I'm in my late 30s. Part of me wants to just start learning something like woodworking or timber framing and restart but got a family and a mortgage. For those that were there in the dot com bubblenis this how it felt? Will this pass and people go back to acting normal? Block laying off half their workforce has me concerned....