[wufufufu]

Be a ski instructor.

You can take a coding job later when you need to support your family that you started during your ski job. Your degree is not going to expire.

You can't take your SWE money to the grave. You have real passion for something -- many people would be jealous of that. Don't waste it.

[drharby]

What he/she said, plus it doesnt hurt to tinker with a toy software idea to have fun and keep you in your toes. I had a similare quarter life crisis and ended up leaving the service for a very different world and can say lot of the advice in this thread is so very true.

First step is knowing yourself, and you know you love skiing, ao as they say, 'party on wayne'