Zhian N. KamvarPeople who used to work in software but transitioned to a different career, what are you doing now and how did you get there?
sport of sacred spherical cowsProgramming is not what myself would ever claim as "software", but close enough.
Not presently, but after dotcom bubble burst, ended up getting work based on my 90 wpm typing speed. (Grandfather refused to buy child me an Apple ][ gs, as upgrade to my TRS-80, until first learned to type. It ended up being a more employable skill than programming, despite the CS degree.)
First in financial services consulting, via a temp agency, then a bankruptcy law firm, again via a temp agency, then an estate planning law firm, this time by referral based on paralegal writing experience picked up at the prior firm.