Switching to CS should I go the talent or the desires route?

Basically I’m tired of lab work. So I’m learning to code and so on. One of the dilemmas I run into is this.

1. I can go the web dev route. Make less but also be happier since I like visually appealing things and designing. However, who knows how long before I get my portfolio done with and get good enough at LC to get a job.

2. I can go the data science and data analytics route. And I can probably in a month get a couple machine learning projects done with and my job is close enough that it should be a smooth transition. Numbers stats and math come pretty easy for me. While I like designing I’m pretty bad at it now and I’m just learning css and html while I already know a fair both of Python and have used Jupyter notebook extensively before.

The thing keeping me from option one is the location. I want to switch that up. I’ve done everything in this city and need a change of pace. I don’t think I want to be where I’m at for even a month more. Internal transfer failed when the manager that was pulling me to his team switch companies.

#tech