re: How many people switched careers in their 30's? What were you doing vs now

If I had it to do over again, I would've probably started in nursing. My wife has been transitioning into the field from working at a private school. The career paths are numerous and relatively easy to transition into, the money is good, and the hours are flexible. Great range of practice settings, too, to fit your personality type. She does bust her arse at work, though, and those 12s can be rough. The upside seems worth it, though. She has many co-workers making 6 figures.

ETA: She made the career switch in her mid-late 30s.

Age 30, left Federal Civil Service job to return to school full time. Finished BS in Computer Science at LSU-S a year later (not so difficult when you can count hours from BA at LSU-BR). Worked 20+ years as an applications programmer, now just do jack-of-all IT work.

Vast mind

You can't bet the house on a previous pattern meaning what you hoped. Life is not really like that.
Read the fine print on a prospectus from any brokerage.

JfC, you need to know management, market, competition and product issues.


pattern mapping is bogosity to the max. Best you can hope for is other people buying for the same stupid reason.

Retail to R&D inside a lab. No more screaming customers in my face

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And you never moved up to manager?

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Salesmen make more than management at least initially.