>> My economically valuable skillset – programming – suddenly feels less valuable. What shall I teach my son?

> Maybe that's just me, but this strikes me as a bit odd. When i think about my parents and what i appreciate about them and how they raised me, hard skills are not very high up the list.

For better or worse, parents with lucrative professions have been able to give their kids a leg up to enter those professions. They know the path to get there, have connections, etc. That's especially important in increasingly competitive environments (like we have today).

Thinking you had such an asset to offer your kid, then being forced to doubt its value, is a loss.