I used to contract at a company and worked beside David Pollack (of the Lift framework), who came to the software world after being a lawyer (I think for most o

I used to contract at a company and worked beside David Pollack (of the Lift framework), who came to the software world after being a lawyer (I think for most of his life). I'm sure he explained the "why" when I asked, but all I could think of was "Very cool! A lawyer likes this stuff too!". I still have a blast at my job, and one factor of people taking up engineering from other trades could be their found passion for it.