I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and fell in love with coding after having to write some pretty basic VB macros in Excel. If your goal is to just live on

I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and fell in love with coding after having to write some pretty basic VB macros in Excel. If your goal is to just live on the West Coast then I would recommend looking for a job in your current field. If your passionate about coding, the best thing you can do in the next 6 months is to build something meaningful that you can speak to. My route was a little different.. I struggled to find the time to learn/build while working full time so I decided to fully dedicate 3 months via Hack Reactor. I highly recommend checking out Hack Reactor if you have the means and interest in that branch of programming.