Consider coding for underserved populations. You've worked in the field, think how straight-white-abled-monied-male-etc. it tends to be. Most of them code for each other. Who's coding for women, people of color, anyone with a disability? Regardless of what job you wind up in, you could make apps as a side gig or hobby and make a big splash in a small pool. If you also offered to code on commission, you might make more money that way. Build up a fanbase of followers who have little else to serve their needs.

I did it with poetry.