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I am half way through completing my RYA Yachtmaster (theory and other required courses completed, just need to take the practical). My plan is to delivery yachts around the world in semi retirement. Pay is rubbish but you don't spend much cash in the middle of the Bay of Biscay.
Referring to the posters who mentioned welding.
The most mindful thing I've ever done is TIG welding. I'm am engineer who develops/ prototypes/fabs stuff in the chemical industry so occasionally welds stuff.
I have a big Lincoln Ac/Dc set with foot pedal control. Honestly the dog could have died that morning and the wife run off with the milkman, none of it would register once that ark cracks up and the puddle appears. It is such a zen like state when you are adjusting amps with with the pedal and feeding filler wire in 'stacking dimes'
I absolutely love it. However I'm sure doing it every day for decades wouldn't have the same appeal.
Don't bother with stick or Mig - they are such dirty/horrid methods of welding in comparison.
Regarding coding.
I'd recommend industrial PLC coding/programming instead. It's interesting and an uncrowded market. Good salaries and lots of demand. ChatGpt won't swallow it up.