Started my career as an embedded software engineer in telecom. Around age 30, left and went traveling for a few months. Came back, fell into a software dev rol

Started my career as an embedded software engineer in telecom. Around age 30, left and went traveling for a few months. Came back, fell into a software dev role in fin tech. I stayed in the financial realm, and made significantly more money than had I stayed in telecom. This industry tends to be counter-cyclical to the job market, so there are other benefits.