<prompt> Human: Im a student in public health who wants to go into software development. I think a comfortable life would be 80kEdit: Wow! Thanks for responding everyone. Insightful. I wish you the best in your financial endeavors.  <response>: I was in software dev. Out of school was making about 50k a year 10k a year in bonuses. Quite frankly i couldnt stand it but I know a lot of people who loved it. I moved into being a web systems analyst which pays 70k bonuses and so far love it. 