Wouldn’t mind a crack at programming but coming from finance world the salary math isn’t quite as easy as lorry driver. I’d need to land something pretty senior which isn’t credible
There isn’t a huge amount of accessible data in the private small co space though so there isn’t anything to quant. It’s all bespoke small data stuff.
For now that’s paying the bills and I’m messing with tech in free time. Python rust k8s homelab etc.
It is funny to read these treads, and then reading in another HN post that a guy was able to buy his first home driving laundry truck - and how his contemporary peers seemed to be jealous that they were not able to do such.
It indeed seems like being a lorry driver is the easiest way to get started on the suburban life.
Being a developer also has a higher status, which I don’t personally care about but I have found to be useful in life.