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Not an engineer but I would recommend finding something that connects your past experience to programming. Always nice to frame it as -- programming let me this

• DwnVoteHoneyPot 3y ago
  Yes, pivoting to a new career path can be financial painful if you have 10+ years of experience in previous career path. Utilizing programming skills as a differentiation from others is a really good option. Mixing any two areas of expertise is always a great sales pitch in getting a job. Another tangent to this is applying to software companies who target your previous career's industry.
  • tracker1 3y ago
    It depends on where you are coming from and/or going to... if you are earning less than the average income $72k/yr in the US, it's pretty easy to come close as even a starting level junior dev with no experience. As relatively high paid people, it's easy to forget that most people don't make nearly what our type of work makes, and half make less than the above, even a decade in.