Good luck. My situation is similar: after leaving an i-bank, I've managed to make a living in software (somewhat ironically by selling niche services to broker

Good luck. My situation is similar: after leaving an i-bank, I've managed to make a living in software (somewhat ironically by selling niche services to brokerages), but it's nothing like what I was making before. Still, I wouldn't trade (no pun intended) the experience of the last few years, and I'm glad I made the change.