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# [The Developer Who Has $400K and Still Can't Afford to Stop Working](https://yuyuyao-blog.hashnode.dev/the-developer-who-has-400k-and-still-cant-afford-to-stop-working?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Your pager goes silent at 11 PM. You've just read a post on a Chinese tech forum that stops you cold: "I'm 35+, single, been on hiatus for almost a year. I have 2.8 million RMB (~$400K USD) in cash, no house, no car. With AI eating away at software j...

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