I know people who've quit full-time careers to pursue AI automation agencies, and it seems risky given how fast AI is advancing — many tasks automation agencies do could become redundant as AI gets more agentic. What's the future of AI automation agencies, how long before it becomes obsolete, and what would you pivot to if it did?

I wouldn't quit a full-time career to pursue automation unless I was hitting parity with my salary consistently for a few months, ideally more like 2-3x it. But the underlying assumption in this question — that a career is more stable than self-employment — isn't actually true; a career is more *predictable*, not more *stable*. It's simple math: with a $25K/month career built on one employer, losing that job means losing all $25K. With a $25K/month agency spread across three clients, losing one client only costs you $8K — diversification is the only free lunch in life and investing, and more clients (or more income sources generally) is inherently more stable than fewer. That said, employment does have real benefits automation work doesn't: unemployment benefits, standard employee protections (can't be fired without cause after a certain point), and other regulatory guardrails that don't exist for the self-employed.