Unless I won the stock option lottery, I think it'd be more cost effective for me to do a complete career transition to, say, medicine or dentistry, including l

Unless I won the stock option lottery, I think it'd be more cost effective for me to do a complete career transition to, say, medicine or dentistry, including lost income and educational debt, than it would be to move to SF as a programmer. Granted, I'm fortunate to have a relatively high salary in a much cheaper location right now.