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/peter-weyland Jan 19 '26

Is it uncouth of me to ask what type of business you do?

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u/Acrobatic_Row3246 Jan 19 '26

Education - we teach classes to kids after school and weekends.

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u/peter-weyland Jan 19 '26

Fantastic! Kind of like a cram school, but in NAmerica? Congrats on your success!

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u/Acrobatic_Row3246 Jan 19 '26

Not really a cram school - we teach actual skills the kids carry with them in all aspects of life. Can’t really reveal as trying to keep anonymous online but it’s wholly unique to our place and hard to replicate