Here is my take on the situation. At the end of the day everyone wants to be happy. Some people are lucky enough to be happy without money. Others are happy af

Here is my take on the situation. At the end of the day everyone wants to be happy. Some people are lucky enough to be happy without money. Others are happy after they get the money, but that is only because of the freedom granted to those with money. I promise you will regret not earning lots of money while you are young. You are in a great position. You have no debt (that you told us about)and you stand to take up a really great job. If you even only put in 10 years in that really good job you will have bought your freedom in some way. Then you can do whatever you want and your family will be fine. I suggest taking that path...and who knows, your tech enthusiasm could just be a phase. We've all had them...who didn't want to be an astronaut?