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Sounds like Steamdeck would fit the bill. You can install steam stuff, but also a bunch of emulators for retro stuff - either through SteamOS, or booting something like Batocera off a SD card. It can also stream from a gaming PC running Steam. Can also be docked like a Switch.
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Depends tbh. If you're just blindly creating code, then AI is probably a couple of generations away from eating your job. If you have to design stuff, do business translation, maintain legacy stuff etc - anything that's not just producing boiler plate new stuff, I think you're safe for the foreseeable...
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TBH I'm stuck on an inside IR35 contract now. I'd consider going perm, but not for a significant pay cut. There would have to be a pretty big upside too, like interesting company to work for, chance to upsklil into something etc.
I'm still keeping one eye on the market. The government...
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Compared to what? At least we generally get paid more than permies....
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SLK worth a look? I bought (a very old) one last year because I needed an emergency runabout after my Galaxy exploded. I was looking at potentially selling it and the bottom seems to have fallen out of the market, so I decided to keep it.
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I've never had a problem getting recleared. Assuming you're prepared to take the hit and be a permie, I'd go with the AI one. Probably better long term prospects. I'm not sure I could go back to being a permie now though, having worked as a contractor for 20 years.
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