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Originally Posted by lungs
Of course if I can't come up with a budget that makes robots work, it'll be time for me to find a new career. Anybody else reinvented themselves in their mid 30s?
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First off, I really wish you luck in the transition and I totally respect the fact that you made the call before you were forced to. Not enough people have the guts to do it.
I was in I.T. support back in my 30's when I got laid off and found that there wasn't a lot of work in the field at the level I was looking for. I ended up going back to school to become and engineer, and never looked back. It wasn't easy to sacrifice my pride (I have some stories there.... ) and start over, but in the end it changed everything. (on the order of +500% salary increase and far better working environments)
The cool thing I found is that all the skills/experience you gain in previous careers always find a way of being valuable again. All the people I work with that really stand out, are the same people who have had previous careers. They just "get it".
All that to say that it doesn't have to be scary to reinvent yourself. It could be the moment that changes everything for the better.