[zx8080]

Don't try getting into QA in a hope to move to software engineering. It does not work well and QA line in the CV could easily make it toxic for much more interesting areas.

Instead take some full Uni course (bachelor min) in Computer Science or Software Engineering. That is the right way.

Why do you want from moving to coding from the paralegal? It has probably much lower financial bounds comparing to paralegal, with similarly high stress and very long working hours.

[iamflimflam1]

I’d add support to that as well. A lot of places will try and sell the job with the promise of a possible move into dev. But once you are in those roles moving is incredibly hard. And as stated - it is poison on your CV.