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> it's still better to have a job with good benefits, salary, working conditions etc than one without those things.

I've seen people learn programming for the allure of money and job opportunities, but they just didn't enjoy the learning, debugging, engineering... And just end up quitting the endeavour due to frustration or boredom.

Basically, I wouldn't encourage someone to get into tech, unless they were interested... In the tech!