Since the release of Opus 5.5 I have more work than ever and it enables me to move out from the coding I never really enjoyed to a full stack product engineering.

I'm also working on transitioning from a classic SWE to a small independent team doing our own products.

Sure I won't make as much money for doing bullshit changes in some old legacy system but I will actually deliver things people will like using, and I'll be in touch with other people on a daily basis.