I made a cyber deck several months back, and I opted to carve the case from wood rather than 3d printing or using a premade shell. That hands-on work is something I'm proud of. I don't even use the deck much, it was for the love of building one.

To be fair, I don't have any problem with people who do their jobs for the paycheck alone, because that's the world capitalism has forced us into. Companies don't care about or reward you for the skills you possess, only how much money you make them (and they won't compensate you properly for it, either), so there's no advantage to tying your self-worth up in what you produce for them.

But I do think that it's sad we're seeing creative skills, whether writing coding composing or drawing, be devalued by AI as we are.

> For the record: I can sing well.

That is awesome! It's a great skill to have, honestly. As someone whose body tends to be falling apart more than impressing anyone, I envy that. :)