I agree, but the concern is that desperation is not a good guide. I appreciate that not everyone has the privilege of sitting comfortably for a few years immersing themselves in the knowledge of a deep subject, but I fear that without that the goal of earning a decent standard of living will not be quite achieved.
What I mean is that I've had programming jobs that didn't need a lot of deep knowledge on my part and they weren't jobs I wanted to keep. I wanted to keep the jobs where I was valued for knowledge and skills that I had worked hard to get. Those jobs gave me a decent standard of living, including the improvement to quality of life gained by the appreciation of one's value by one's colleagues, and the self-esteem and confidence that this provides.
What I mean is that I've had programming jobs that didn't need a lot of deep knowledge on my part and they weren't jobs I wanted to keep. I wanted to keep the jobs where I was valued for knowledge and skills that I had worked hard to get. Those jobs gave me a decent standard of living, including the improvement to quality of life gained by the appreciation of one's value by one's colleagues, and the self-esteem and confidence that this provides.