I saw the writing on the wall the first day in the office. Microsoft was already dumping loads of R&D money into software development automation. They were very motivated. Everyone hated software developers because we made too much money relative to people with important positions. And, we were too weird. To them, we were 'blue collar'. I figured with exponential progress it wouldn't take long. Pretty much my strategy after college was bank and invest and get out as early as possible then go hack on my own projects until my end of days.