<prompt> Human: First I will start off by giving some background. So, I am currently a 26 year old male living near in Illinois. I am single, have no kids, and am mobile. For the past three years I have been working in EMS, as and EMT-B and paramedic. I originally thought going into this career that I wanted to be a paramedicfirefighter, but after working as a paramedic for the past year and a half I am really starting to have my doubts about the job.I chose this job because it was a job that I thought I would really appreciate, and love working. Lately although I find the job okay, there are just some things about that really make me question if this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. The work schedule, we work 24 hour days then get 48 hours off. At first I thought this schedule was amazing, but lately with having nights where I literally do not sleep due to the amount of the calls make me really question this. Is it worth being gone for a whole 24 hours, only to want to sleep the following 24 hours so that I do not feel like a zombie? I am also questioning the pay that I will be receiving for this career. I currently make around 53,000 salary. The place I work with currently, I could expect to earn roughly another 10,000 if I stay with them. Ideally, I could get full time with a big fire department, start around 63,000 and top off around 85,000 after several years. There is also a physical strain on my body with this job. Lifting and moving people in awkward small areas of the home does take a toll on a persons back. I am unsure if this pay is really worth the lack of sleep, stress, and liability I have to deal with when peoples live are literally in my hands on a day to day basis.This brings up what I should do.. I am currently still employed, but am really thinking about changing careers. I have thought about learning some more coding I have taken a few intro coding classes at a community college before with java, javascript, python. I enjoyed coding at the time, but never really considered it as a full time job until now. Looking online it seems like I dont necessarily need a degree to get employed, but I still will have to dedicate LOTS of time to get where I need to be to be employed.Is this even a viable route for me right now though? I currently live with 2 roommates, and pay roughly 600 dollars a month on rent, bills, food etc. I have around 5,000 in savings. No credit car debt, no car payment, no student loans, etc. I could most likely get assistance from my parents in regards to money if I were to choose a career change. But I am 26 years old.. and I already almost have the job that I thought I wanted keyboard thought. It is probably worth noting also that I currently have an associates degree in General Sciences, as well as an associates in Emergency Services.Are these online bootcamps, or even an in person bootcamp a viable way to become a programmer? Is it worth getting a degree in computer science instead? Should I just continue my current job, and accept that 70,000 salary is the best I can do?I feel like I want more in my life, I want another goal to work towards, and I am becoming unsatisfied with my current work.  <response>: Im a little older than you, and successfully on my 3rd career 