Your entire post resonates with me - I was interested in programming since about 12 years old, and just fell into it with CS as the most obvious major in colleg

Your entire post resonates with me - I was interested in programming since about 12 years old, and just fell into it with CS as the most obvious major in college, and the most obvious job to get out of college. But if you ever asked me from 12-18 what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would never have said "programmer". I have enough money to retire and be the simple living farmer/beach bum that I would like to be, but now I have a wife and children and it seems unfair to foist my desire on them.