This is such an odd take to me. I’m in a rural area, and I live in 15 acres. We have pretty much every profession in the area. Teachers, lawyers, doctors, soft

This is such an odd take to me. I’m in a rural area, and I live in 15 acres. We have pretty much every profession in the area. Teachers, lawyers, doctors, software engineers, etc. You’re probably out of luck if you’re, say, an actuary. The real difference is you’re not going to reacher the professional peaks that you can in a city. You can be a lawyer, but you’re not going to be able to become some hotshot partner at a big, well known firm. You also might not be able to specialize in what you want. You can be a software engineer, but maybe not one that specializes in machine learning. Of course, nowadays we have WFH and you very well might be able to have your cake and eat it too. That’s part of the reason I’m quitting my job as a wedding photographer and moving back into the SWE space this winter.