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I'm 31 and I'm a chef and I'm afraid it's too late for me to change careers. What can you get into at this age?
Programming etc, it feels like I'd be so behind the curb and not even looked at as a potential employee.
Comment by XxFezzgigxX at 01/04/2019 at 22:06 UTC*
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What are you passionate about?
Personally, I like writing. I was told that a BA in English is worthless and success in writing was as hard as success in the NFL or the music industry.
I didn’t listen to them and started thinking about how I could combine what I love with what I know. How could I market myself? I had military experience fixing jets so I looked for writing careers in aerospace. Had I been a chef and interested in writing, I might have looked into writing cookbooks or writing for cooking television shows.
I think the first two years of college are an ideal way to try a little of everything (but not the only way). I started out thinking I would be an electrical engineer, only to discover that I hate math. I didn’t know I liked writing until I took a few classes and discovered an aptitude.
Basically, you have to figure yourself out. You’re going to spend massive amounts of time doing some kind of work. Just make sure it’s a mixture of marketable skill and that it’s something you care about.