Also moving from law to programming, I changed the effect of randomness on my success. In law, I could kick ass, and still lose a case, because of many things

Also moving from law to programming, I changed the effect of randomness on my success. In law, I could kick ass, and still lose a case, because of many things that are likely to be depressing to list in public. In programming, if I kick ass, it deterministicaly leads to something that works! That is good. Sure there is politics and popularity and all those normal human problems too, but those same problems existed in law, so I'm not losing anything there.