Unless you have a very good reason to believe you're in a low-competition area for video editing, I'd avoid making this move for career reasons. Video editing

Unless you have a very good reason to believe you're in a low-competition area for video editing, I'd avoid making this move for career reasons. Video editing is a far, far higher competition field than programming. Lots more people wanting to do it, lots less jobs, on average for lots less pay and much worse hours.