understand the sentiment from a perspective of having a career, but i do feel that the joy of programming and making a living of it can be 2 separate things.

if you can still find joy in it you can continue it, and it will inform and enhance your professional ability even if you are required to crank out vibecoded things.

the work might be less satisfactory, well, welcome to the majority of the world. it sucks but most people dont enjoy their jobs. its why hobbies exists.

programming is my hobby. I do use i it at work, and now i see a shift towards AI there. Someday i might need to cave to keep up with the speed of colleagues, but i'd still write my stubborn handcrafted segfaults just as i like it at home. GCC will still be waiting for me there.

I know the 'nothing i do matters' feeling, but personally for me it does not relate to these types of things.

some minds just work like this and different events or contexts can trigger it. That doesnt mean they _caused_ it. (for me ofc. and it is, in the end, personal things. subjectivity ofc. i respect that. just wanted to share my own view on that hell-loop of the self consuming mind)