It doesn't appear to have a very broad economic base with the majority of jobs being in military and healthcare.

Get her to drink the cool-aid! 

While beyond their control, they are affected by the pandemic, have tried to apply for aid, and are just out of cash. 

Therefore only government can provide it (refer to attempts to take over health care). 

Wouldn't say I'm on that "The 10x Rule" kool-aid but I like to set lofty goals to push myself.

Costs are much lower, and employment, while not as sexy as tech, is solid. 2 Navy bases (Bremerton & Bangor) and healthcare are the biggest employers on this side of the pond.

- so you really can't make that switch until you've got several years of experience under your belt (also no subsidized healthcare, no 401k match, etc, so you HAVE to produce more to make up for it -- but that shouldn't be hard....).

The biggest issue I have found to date is paying for healthcare without a 'day job'. 

Like @Matt Ward mentioned, there are many ways to skin this cat and it depends on personal preferences, family dynamics, funds available, time and experience available to invest, manage, rehab in REI, etc.For me, I drank the Grant Cardone/Kiyosaki cool aid a few years ago and followed their model and thinking. 

I have over 20 years of healthcare business.