I know a guy who first tried programming at uni using a mainframe. He handed in his first program and was told to retrieve the result the next day. The following day he went to pick up his results and got an error listing. He decided coding wasn't for him. A few years later, he saw a C64 and started coding in BASIC and it turned into a career.

I started out with an 8 bit micro so I really enjoy tinkering and coding. AI doesn't seem attractive at all.

It's not only about what you do, but also about how you do it.