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I have been working in IT for over 10 years and I can't take the stress any more. If you've made a career change in your life, please tell me about it. I could use some inspiration.
I have been working in IT for over 10 years and I can't take the stress any more. If you've made a career change in your life, please tell me about it. I could use some inspiration.
I have two degrees (business admin and nutrition science), was pre-med, post graduate in 2007 was facing the financial meltdown of 2008. Economy was in the pits. Decided to try the Dietary Manager route. Ended up working at two facilities in that position. Didn't last more than 2 years in either one which is longer than the turnover at the position at both facilities. The first position was offered at 32k/year working 60-80 hours per week. The second was 45k/year working around the same hours. Getting calls at 4am with staff that cared little calling off. Me rushing to work in the ice and snow with no one else on the roads. My entire night crew calling off during our massive snow fall in 2016.
In march of last year I decided to make a break and get back into school. With my pre-med background, I got back on that track. I got accepted to a BSN accelerated nursing program, however, and now am heading that direction.
Instead of working salaried averaging $12-$15 dollars an hour as a department head feeling I was being used to cut labor costs, I will be making $30+ in an hourly position in which I'll respect the position and work that I'd do.
I recommend checking out the allied health programs at community colleges. Good paying jobs with a minimal investment. Nursing still provides pretty good bang for your education buck, and the industry could use more men/less estrogen, drama, etc. There are lots of men in nursing that comes to it as a second career. Every place i've worked, male nurses are looked upon favorably. More reliable, more professional, less drama, less backstabbing, more supportive, etc.
My college degree is not related to what I do for a living these days. To change careers/profession, I had to take low paying gigs to work my way up. Now I compete for much bigger things and take charge of what companies I want to work for (negotiating with them). In all, it has been a 10 year process.
My first career was in retail management for 5 years. I then (by accident) fell into banking and worked as a Branch Manager for 10 years, also selling investment products. After taking sometime off to raise a family, I re-entered the work force as an insurance agent and I have been doing that now for 7 years. My degree is in Business management.
I have been working in IT for over 10 years and I can't take the stress any more. If you've made a career change in your life, please tell me about it. I could use some inspiration.
I have a semi-failed half-@ss attempt to change careers.
If you are going to change careers, you need to ...
1) Get experience in that field before you start the degree process and without a doubt before you complete it.
2) Go gung-ho and make the change. Don't accept some job that is 'in-between' what you were doing before and what you were switching to.
As you can imagine, this is pretty difficult because all of this costs $, and that's what people care about most in life. It's why most TRUE career changes don't happen.
First 10 years of my working career, I was an electrician. Great money, but physically hard on the body.
Latest 10 years, I made a jump to Mechanical engineering. Sit an computer most of the day, my body now thanks me.
Similarly, I spent 10 years in various jobs some of them physically demanding. All of them low paying. Getting injured was sort of a wake up call. I am currently in college pursuing an engineering degree. I've got my nose in the books like nobodys business. Failure is no option at my age. I can't wait for my first co-op though! I'm not doing it just for the money though, I have always been an electronics hobbiest and really enjoy building/designing/fixing things. I just was always intimidated by the maths. But now that I've jumped in feet first, it's not so bad!
One summer job that I held during high school was moving furniture in Phoenix in the summertime.
That one inspired me to get serious about college. I got 2 engineering degrees.
At 18, physical work is a challenge but not too hard. At 50, it becomes increasingly difficult. By 60, forget about it!
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