You could try for software QA jobs. The older degree and non-related work experience might matter less, and there's a good chance you can over time transition into a dev role.
My Thinkpad will turn 15 next year. It will probably be retired as my main laptop, but it will keep in bring useful in some fashion for a while still running Fedora.
Huh. I'm sitting on the one from Zürich to Berlin right now. I've been using these for years now, whenever I travel in Europe. Generally prefer then over flying for a lot of reasons.
Shutting down lines definitely feels like a step in the wrong direction.
I get 0 ads with uBlock Origin on Firefox. But that's mostly for desktop/laptop style computing, not on mobile. For that I use New pipe, though rarely.
Crappy looking and cheap 90s road bike and one good lock has done the trick so far.