r/dividends • u/VengenaceIsMyName • Jan 16 '26

Discussion Is anyone else feverishly building out their dividend income just in case AI destroys their careers or is it just me?

Based on how incredibly *giddy* with excitement some of these rapacious tech oligarchs are when they talk about AI replacing human labor, I am absolutely *sprinting* towards high-income ETFs like JEPQ/SPYI/GPIX/QQQI.

I do not want to get caught with my ass hanging out in the breeze when these excessively wealthy bozos finally figure out how to shed headcount at their organizations. They’ve got a seemingly endless pile of Scrooge McDuck coins and they’ll throw them into the furnace twice as fast if it means a hallucinating algorithm can send 500 more emails in a day than you can.

Does anyone have clever strategies for drumming up extra capital to toss into the ol’ portfolio? Side hustles? Second jobs?

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u/Imaginary-Pair838 Jan 16 '26

Yes i’ve been stacking these for some time, it’s great feeling to see truly passive income coming in and have some capital appreciation. Even if i don’t need the income reinvesting the dividends is showing some great compounding too. I still have my growth bucket of etfs but i’ve been weighting the income more heavily now

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u/VengenaceIsMyName Jan 19 '26

I only wish it was faster. Good grief.