<prompt> Human: My main 2 debts are 60k in student loans which I am on a payment plan for getting caught up after defaulting life happened. I make 35k a year with a BA in comp sci... It seems thats about the cap that I am going to reach where I currently live because of the amount of comp sci workers in my area Portland OR. I want to pay off this shit and have a better life basically. My question is this, would it be worth it to switch to a higher paying career this late in the game? Are there places in the country I could move to that has higher paying comp sci jobs I could do for a few years that would suck but has a higher pay rate? At this point Im just kind of looking for some basic financial direction in my life and Im willing to move to a shitty part of the country to do it if needed or switch careers all together.  <response>: Im trying to comprehend 35k a year as a CS major, and its hurting my brain to do so. I live in a financially depressed area of NYS, with a bad job market, and 35k is less than our starting salary for fresh out of school grads, by a good margin. 