Is 54 too old to consider a career change? I’m comfortable and rarely challenged anymore in my position. Should I relax and ride it out for the next 10 years or so; or look for another adventure? I have a history of changing jobs about every 5 years because I get bored, which is fine when you’re young, but I don’t consider myself young anymore. Do any of you heathens have late career change success or regret stories that might help?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I was thinking about a career change because, at work, I was facing a pay cut. I'm the only one working in the family, and I was worried about it, but I needed a change. I was looking at a $5 to $7 an-hour difference and understanding how it would affect my family. That's when I terminated my employment contract and started working in the oil and gas industry because is basic industries a good career path. I am not worried about being laid off because oil and gas are one of the biggest industries in the world. I already feel more successful, and I am sure that I will soon be promoted.
hectortwede
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Dec 15, 2022
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I was thinking about a career change because, at work, I was facing a pay cut. I'm the only one working in the family, and I was worried about it, but I needed a change. I was looking at a $5 to $7 an-hour difference and understanding how it would affect my family. That's when I terminated my employment contract and started working in the oil and gas industry because is basic industries a good career path. I am not worried about being laid off because oil and gas are one of the biggest industries in the world. I already feel more successful, and I am sure that I will soon be promoted.
Arterixp
Level 1
Dec 15, 2022
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My brother was a successful nightclub entertainer for over 30 years, then became an attorney and was even more successful at that, plus waaaay richer.......and helped a lot of people!
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Aug 18, 2022
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Make the change! Life is too short to waste it on safety and boredom! I retired at 55, but that just means I can take more risks as most of my nest egg has been established. So, I left the corporate rat race and now work at a gym. The small income stream reduces my retirement draws and limited, flexible hours suit my more relaxed life style.
Zster
Level 8
Aug 18, 2022
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54 isn't old, I'm 53! Do what you feel is right for yourself, you know you!
MichelleGar1
Level 9
Aug 18, 2022
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IMO, it's totally Up to your prev. experience and your next potential career! I don't consider 54 as an Old person! on the other hand, frankly, your sense of humor, tells me; at least, you're mentally younger than me!
Diaco
Level 7
Aug 18, 2022
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Getting older may one day force a career change on to you. Therefore why not make it now and your own choice. I started a major new hobby at sixty four, and am now looking for my next new career adventure at sixty six.
Fernapple
Level 9
Aug 18, 2022
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@Garban I was not really thinking of people forcing you out, but of the inevitable point when health forces a change of direction. Therefore change now while you still have that. Health can let anyone down at almost any time, but just more likely as we get older. My own experience tells me that, I lost my wife to a brain bleed thanks to an undiscovered tumor, when we had only been married three and a half months and we were still planning our futures.
At the ripe young age of 57 I bought the farm. Sold my metropolitan Denver home and bought 35 acres of land with an abandoned old farmhouse in upstate New York. My wife wanted goats and I wanted to grow organic veggies and fruit and nut trees. Bought an old Chevy pickup and an older Ford tractor and started growing the farm. It was wonderful for our last twenty years. It's all just good memories now.
OldGoat43
Level 9
Aug 18, 2022
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I think I've seen this story.
The father of a friend's wife in Seattle retired from his English professor job, sold everything he owned and bought a subsistence farm in Tuscany.
The last I saw of them he would come back once a year to visit the family and he claimed there were no good dentists in Italy.
They said you could always recognize him at the airport because he'd be dressed in rough clothes and carrying bags of produce. They named him Yugo the peasant.
They were all an unusual group. My friend's daughter was taking French lessons as a four year old. He and his wife wanted her to be able to work for Club Med if she wanted to went she got old enough.
@Gwendolyn2018 . Zero financial base... I was 39 and homeless when I moved to Denver. Got a job, saved some money and bought the house as a fixup in Denver for $30k with a $2k down payment. After 12 years it had increased in value enough to take out a mortgage of $65k to use as a full payment for the abandoned farm. Then I sold the Denver home for $165k and had money for the farm renovation.
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