My Mid Career Job Change from Sales to ..........?

Nursing school. Then if you get tired of that, you can get back into medical sales (ortho implants and whatnot).

Since you already have a bachelors degree, you could go straight pa school. healthcare experience is not a mandatory and you can make good bank.

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Since you already have a bachelors degree, you could go straight pa school. healthcare experience is not a mandatory

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You actually have to work 2000 hours in the medical field and take core classes that you may not have with just any bachelor's before you apply at LSU. On top of that, you have a good chance of working for an a-hole.

If you're willing to relocate, consider coming up here to DC and working for a Beltway Bandit like me.

Pros? Obviously, business is pretty much always good. Once you get "in" it's a cozy little clique and you never have to worry about going broke. Contracting is better than being a direct employee b/c you can reinvent yourself a lot more. Direct employees have very little flexibility. A bad time for the economy is a good time for you. A good time for the economy is as good, but is still not bad.

Cons? Not many. The only thing I can think of off the top of my head is that you sometimes have to deal with entrenched idiots within the agency. True story - two years ago I dealt with an opertions chief of a major cabinet-level agency who really didn't trust his database backups. So much so that at year-end he had his staff do screenprints of everything and shipped it off to a warehouse. Fortunately this sort of thing is rare the higher you go, most government executives are competent.

Just went through the same thing.. I had been doing outside sales (pharmaceutical) for several years and was totally burnt out.
I had a friend that talked me into looking into becoming a Landman. Thats what I do now and love it. Its not the most stable of careers, but I'm doing work now for a good company and the money is good.

PA school is ridiculously competitive to get into. The school has a ton of applicants for a few positions. Only about 30-40 are taken a year. Just thought I'd throw that out there - I know a few PAs and they like to joke about how everyone thinks they can get into PA school easily. Not the case.