What do I recommend for alternate careers? That depends on the person, but there are many options from Trucking to the Medical Profession to name but two.
Also, the notion that if your “good” and holistic you’ll have no problems getting a job is an over simplification and a load of s.
For one thing, IT (software or not) has a lot of age discrimination – once your over 40 finding a job becomes much more difficult (particularly in IT).
Also, I no longer consider IT a “career” like perhaps a teacher where in general years of service is actually appreciated.
