However there seem to be a few niches where I could be productive until I’m ready to retire and there might be an opportunity to join a team working on a system they’re trying to get off of. My quick evaluation is that there’s 3 or 4 solid years doing that in a backwater where AI is going to struggle.
In this situation would you do it? I frankly don’t care about being on top of tech any more but I’m keen to use my years of experience being productive.