I started playing computer games and accidentally became a programmer. I wasn't even trying to make games, just play them. Shit, I even tried not to become a p

I started playing computer games and accidentally became a programmer. I wasn't even trying to make games, just play them. Shit, I even tried not to become a programmer, but people kept offering me jobs that paid enough that it was hard to say no. At some point it's like... grad school and some career I want at poverty wages and having to work hard to find employment at all, or stare at glowing screens for the next few decades but just have high-paying jobs thrown at me based on stuff I picked up by accident?