The end of jobs does not mean the end of capitalism. It means we capitalism even harder.

You do the work _before_ reaping rewards, under capitalism. And your reward is often merely that you get to enjoy using what you built, rather than creating surplus to sell to others for money.

The Day Job Era has been based upon credit-fronted financing of effort, not capitalism. It is a usury economy, that rewards being close to the money printer. Capitalism is an investment economy, that rewards being willing to take risk and work hard and utilize your talents in a productive manner.

You want to build some particular software? Because you think it would be neat and you want to use it, yourself? Then sit your arse down and build it.

You don't need a grant.
You don't need a benefactor.
You don't need customers.
You can just build it.
If someone else finds it useful, they can also use it.
If they want you to change it, maintain it, or host it for them, then you can offer to do so, in exchange for some other good or service, including money. That is trade.

And that is capitalism.

Capitalism is dead. Long live capitalism.

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