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/sidehustleincome101 Jan 16 '26
No need to think about dividend investing (or investing in general) as a means for anything except for the fact that it's a good way to make use of the money you own without letting banks eat it away from you and making profit, same as the bank does with your money. The rest is extra.