There's no way I would have thought I would have had the career that I did and the longevity. Absolutely no idea.
You are still lucky - you have a certain type of people who keep buying your music - but then you can get typecast and have to keep making that same music, and you can change only slightly. It's risky to bounce around and change your type of music.
I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.