Considering Transitioning Out of Tech/Consulting? Explore Successful Career Changes at 32
Are you wondering how to make a successful career transition away from tech/consulting fields? Concerned about layoffs, offshoring, AI, and declining opportunities? Feeling like it’s time for a change but unsure where to start at 32 years old?
🔎 Searching for inspiration? Wondering if others have successfully navigated this transition? Let’s explore some tips and insights to help you achieve your career goals!
### Challenges in Tech/Consulting Industries
– Layoffs and offshoring
– Impact of AI on job opportunities
– Declining positions and salaries
### Seeking a Change at 32
– Feeling uncertain about the future
– Considering a new career path
– Needing guidance on how to transition successfully
### Transitioning to a New Career
– Exploring alternative fields and industries
– Seeking advice from career changers
– Developing a plan for reinventing yourself
🤔 Curious about how others have made successful career transitions away from tech/consulting industries? Wondering if it’s possible to start over at 32? Let’s uncover some strategies and stories to inspire your B plan!
I am 38 and in tech (software engineering director). I am completely sick of the whole industry. Everything from the stress, to the competition, offshoring, working with bad engineers, the exploitation of H1Bs… I could go on. I just really have no idea what other industries are doing well right now other than medical maybe? I am considering switching over to that field, even for less pay.
This current situation in tech is much worse than 2008, I wasn’t working during the tech bubble, but it seems similar.
Nursing seems to have good job security but obviously no remote work and dealing with shit/blood/etc. every day.
I went from being a developer to enlisting for a combat arms job in the military (was going through a weird patch at a big-N and felt I was going to regret not doing it later). That was something. Now going back to tech or quantitative finance post bachelor’s so probably not the best example. I thought about academia because I do like learning / research but I know enough people who’ve gotten their PhD’s at this point to tell me to stay the fuck out of that cesspool. I figure I’ll probably go tech again / quant -> whatthefuckamidoingwithmylifetimetogotogradschool -> more tech / quant -> forest ranger in Alaska tbh.
These post never makes any sense to me. What other industry pays tech salaries, the ability to work from home, fun and interesting, not regulated heavily, and has a low barrier of entry.Â
Just go get a government job in tech, and you’ll probably get what you want without trading industries and taking a 40k/year salary.Â
I was in management consulting then tech. I ultimately burnt out but not before saving a decent amount of money. Used it to settle in a low cost country and just started a small company/ business. While I make 25% of what I used to make, it was worth getting out of the rat race and improve my mental being.
>Is there someone who successfully transitioned to a different career?
definitely, but those people are probably no longer here
Damn I just started a new job after a layoff and I’m already burned out. I don’t think I want to work in this field anymore but I can’t take the huge pay cut to start over in something else. Totally trapped. Ugh.
Maybe fi/re?
Small business ownership. /s
I mentioned in another thread that I know people that went into real estate. There’s a certification required to get access to MLS, but other than that, the barrier to entry is fairly low, and pay is like 5% commission per home sale.
Sales in general can pay very well. I heard of people making half a mil per year selling hurricane windows.
Things are down now, but the overall trends look promising: more companies will continue to generate more data, and life is still increasing online. COVID could have been an all time high in last mile delivery, online work, and e-commerce, or it’s a future that we are going to work our way back to. As for AI, I’m developing on that now, and it’s a long way from replacing knowledge workers, though it likely will save time in all sorts of different ways.
That said, I have completely left one industry (biology academia) to tech, so from the perspective of how you switch career paths, it helps to have some thing you do as part of your job, then get a job were you do that as your entire job. It’s hard to find that “thing”, and going from tech to something else will be a step down in working conditions, pay, or flexibility.