I am a career switcher who did code "for fun" and only figured out that I would like my life more if I did it as my job in my 30s. Somehow, I had built my life

I am a career switcher who did code "for fun" and only figured out that I would like my life more if I did it as my job in my 30s. Somehow, I had built my life around the assumption that your job had to be "hard" as in "you need to constantly force yourself to do the work" as some kind of masochistic virtue, and it took me that long to realize that I could actually enjoy my work AND get paid well for it if I just did what I loved (software). Anyway, to your comment: there are people like this everywhere, in all industries. The more money there is involved in a domain, the more you will find people that are only in that domain for the money. Doesn't mean those people wont have legit skills that can be utilized, but there are some downsides as you note.