Having studied both CS and music, IMO the skill threshold where you can get paid to code is a lot lower than where you can get paid to music (unless you get very, very lucky and get paid to music because of celebrity rather than skill).
I second that. The time it took me from when I started to learn programming to getting paid for a project was just a little over year, and three years to steady pay (i.e. employment).
In contrast, I've been making music for over ten years of my life and have gotten paid a handful of times.
lol I got paid to code when I had zero fucking idea what I was doing after compleating half a 3 month online part time bootcamp. It took me several years to get paid to do stand up and even then it was $150 here or $20 there. I was able to pay my entire rent exactly once from comedy.
westernpopular|2 years ago
In contrast, I've been making music for over ten years of my life and have gotten paid a handful of times.
AlwaysRock|2 years ago
It's hard to make money being an artist.