I don't fish for reasurrance - I demand attention, but when I do it's physically, not LJish. I grab hands and put them on me, subtle? I wasn't fishing, I actually have a not-skinny-defined tummy. It's not a hang over the belt issue, but it is clearly and measurably a gut. If you look at my tummy, you may not see fat by the lb but you don't see the ab muscles.

I am still in law school because I invested too much into it to quit now. I've done the hardest parts. I get competitive, same as in the gym, and when I get wrapped up in something it's hard to quit.

25k is livable, and the tech field still seems like a better bet. Remember when I started I was also job hunting. Now I have developed skills that allow me to work many places, though since it's all HR related I'm limited to the US.