I refer to my daughters as "the 2 best questionable decisions I ever made". But seriously learning software development was my best decision. I spent most of m

I refer to my daughters as "the 2 best questionable decisions I ever made". But seriously learning software development was my best decision. I spent most of my working life in food service (read: broke) and then 6 years as a massage therapist at a high end practice. I taught myself Ruby and JavaScript in between clients and on breaks. It was already a good decision pre-pandemic, but if I was still a waiter or an MT, we would have been just so horribly fucked. I would have basically had months of no work or income, which would force me to go back to work during the pandemic. I'm so grateful that I don't do that kind of work anymore. I literally don't know how we would have gotten by.