There's still opportunity here (in terms of good experience and good salary) but it's not guaranteed. There are also plenty of startups will try to convince you work for $100k/year plus a lottery ticket (equivalent to $54k in Austin, $57k in Georgia). That would give me pause.

While a lot of companies will try to lowball you, others will pay well if you apply some pressure. There was recently a post here by a guy who learned to programming at a coding bootcamp and soon after got an offer for $210k+ total compensation. At that level (depending on how liquid that offer is) you won't really be suffering nor living lavishly.