When I set out to be a software developer there was a lot I didn't know. People told me the pay is good, job security is good even though you might get laid off from time to time. True things.

But what people didn't tell me was how little you'll likely be able to travel. You can write code anywhere. And so they don't need to fly you anywhere.

Additionally for tax reasons you can't usually work in another country. Atleast not for more than 1 months.

Actually working in IT support or infrastructure usually allows more travel.

Writing code seemed to have the most prestige. So that's what I picked. But really that's not even true if all code writing.

So kids, before you do 5,000 leat code questions and work for big tech as a code monkey, ask yourself if you want to travel. And think about other tracks that would have a higher possibility of that