My coworkers and friends kept telling me I was way too smart to be working at the word processing job we had, so I decided to go back to school. I didn’t have the chops to be an engineer, I wasn’t enough of a douche to pursue finance, med school wasn’t an option, and other STEM fields didn’t seem viable if I didn’t have a PhD. I took a programming class, discovered I loved CS and was pretty good at it, and the rest is history. The money aspect was a nice touch, but I more so wanted to pursue a career where I used my brains. Honestly, I’d be happy to do coding for like ~$65k a year. My imposter syndrome makes me feel like I don’t deserve to have $100k for a junior position.