Hyperbolic to be sure, but I think it’s fairly common for people to get into programming for fun as a teenager, turn that into a well-paid job, realize that programming jobs are often entirely different from programming as a hobby, then feel trapped because all the experience they have is in programming, and finding an alternative starts to look like competing with recent college grads for entry-level office jobs (ask a 22 year old how that’s looking these days), an expensive degree, or something menial for $15/hour or less.

First world problems, perhaps, but also a microcosm of our broader societal divergence, where a reasonably comfortable middle is increasingly being replaced by growing working and upper-income classes, with very different lifestyles.