Came to say this. Compare yourself with someone who enters the field in two years, or two months. Heck, we all witness what difference even two weeks currently make.

Will they find a job? Will they have a hard time? If your worries are true, then it should be even harder for them. Which means, you have an advantage having this head start.

I guess we can also safely expect the demand for all skill levels around ML to increase, the more it impacts our societies and economies. Yes, we might need less people for a single task, but the amount of tasks will grow more. I do not worry for either new and old folks.