I am thinking of doing freelance web development for money, but also at the same time I'm not really sure about it because, why would they hire me, a human in a high-cost (high cost of living but I don't even think it looks like a 1st world country anymore and the conditions only seem to be getting worse) country rather than use AI to do most of the work for either cheaper or for free or hire someone in a low-wage/low-cost country like India or Pakistan?

I mean, I've even noticed that most of my "local" businesses are doing something similar - instead of hiring local people, they literally go out of their way to hire immigrants (to the point where the locals feel like they have no chance of getting a job, especially Gen Z), just simply because the government has made it cheaper for companies to hire these immigrants instead of the locals. I don't think they even care about the fact that ever since they started doing this, their quality of service has gone down. Nothing against these immigrants themselves, but I'm just saying.

I am thinking of doing freelance web development for money, but also at the same time I'm not really sure about it because, why would they hire me, a human in a high-cost (high cost of living but I don't even think it looks like a 1st world country anymore and the conditions only seem to be getting worse) country rather than use AI to do most of the work for either cheaper or for free or hire someone in a low-wage/low-cost country like India or Pakistan?

I mean, I've even noticed that most of my "local" businesses are doing something similar - instead of hiring local people, they literally go out of their way to hire immigrants (to the point where the locals feel like they have no chance of getting a job, especially Gen Z), just simply because the government has made it cheaper for companies to hire these immigrants instead of the locals. I don't think they even care about the fact that ever since they started doing this, their quality of service has gone down. Nothing against these immigrants themselves, but I'm just saying.

I just love working with computers and I have a bit of money. Problem is that I don't have a job, and this hobby is quite expensive. So, I thought of perhaps trying to make at least a little bit of money from it by buying old and broken laptops, repairing them, and then reselling them. Perhaps if I get a laptop that's compatible with Libreboot, such as the Lenovo ThinkPad T480, I could also flash Libreboot onto it.

Nevertheless, I'm also planning to get a real job soon.