When hiring someone, I would much rather teach someone with a great attitude and curiosity a hard tech skill they don't possess than try (and almost certainly fail) to teach someone with hard tech skills to develop the great attitude and curiosity they don't possess. Every damn time.

I plan to retire just before lunch on the day of my funeral.

Our entire working life is an exercise of "Are you producing enough capital to justify keeping alive?"

It's dehumanizing, exhausting, and traps people in abusive employment situations

“We just witnessed a No Kings protest that was among the largest in American history, we had an election night on Tuesday where Democrats crushed Republicans across the board, and Trump has the lowest approval rating of his Presidency. Obviously, this is the time for us to cave.”

— The Democrats

Fed is best. My only concern with someone else's plate is if they have enough.