Yeah that's what I was thinking - most anything that's going to consistently pay better than a direct development role is still going to require an understandin

Yeah that's what I was thinking - most anything that's going to consistently pay better than a direct development role is still going to require an understanding of programming. Outside of management roles, I've really only seen devops, product, and networking pay more than development (plus variations on these roles, or niche DBA/storage). Even then, it's not consistent, and in at least the devops role, you'll still likely be writing code every day. Edit: Forgot about sales! I have a neighbor who works from home in sweat pants but makes insane money in tech sales. Though, he has admitted that the easy stuff is drying up.