Learn Java or C++, get good at leetcode, and work in finance. You don't need to be a good engineer – these places are messes of legacy code created in fiefdoms run by people who care more about money than the engineering. You'll make a ton of money and feel poor because the quants will make far more than you ever will.
In my opinion this is a truly terrible path to choose, but you will earn more than anyone in tech who doesn't win the startup lottery.
In my opinion this is a truly terrible path to choose, but you will earn more than anyone in tech who doesn't win the startup lottery.