Not sure what the U.S. situation is like but in the UK my transition was pretty perfect in terms of my professional happiness. That said, it was pretty weird fo

Not sure what the U.S. situation is like but in the UK my transition was pretty perfect in terms of my professional happiness. That said, it was pretty weird for a barrister to be working cases during the day and then coding at night so I'm not sure I'm a good example - coding was something I'd just always 'done' since I was a kid.