CS is probably one of the best fields to be in if you like doing it and you don't want to shackle yourself to the law/medicine/finance treadmills, with the expe

CS is probably one of the best fields to be in if you like doing it and you don't want to shackle yourself to the law/medicine/finance treadmills, with the expensive extra years of schooling and insane hours for the first years. There's probably not a better path to a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. Just stay out of the Bay area; there's tons of jobs in second and third tier cities with reasonable cost-of-living that will pay you a hundred grand after a few years.