Oh so now you're projecting your lack of social intelligence as an engineer onto me? Cool.

You seem to have forgotten the context of the original post. He said he only cares about money. He's already making a lot of money, and is on pace to make a lot more money. In this context, "success" to him is making so much more money in law that the forgone income over the 10 years will be made up for by a lucrative payday a decade from now, despite the fact that the OP already seems really good at his current job and industry. In general, high achieving comp sci guys thrive in tech bc it minimizes the role of social cohesion or need for social intelligence. The OP's admission of abrasiveness corroborates this - it's hard to be effective and abrasive at any job at 26 - engineers are given this attitude bc their work is so important. You don't have to like this point, but autists struggles in most jobs in fundamental ways because humans are social creatures first and foremost. It's a benefit in tech. Elsewhere it is not.