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I did a career change as well. It can be hard if you need to -take a cut in pay/title -work on “lower level stuff”

You may compare yourself a lot to peers who did not do career changes.

My piece of advice is to be prepared for the mental challenge that comes with volatility, and focus on this question, “am I closer today than yesterday?”

Fortunately software engineering is such a high paying/status field you may not experience the same feelings. But I’m 4 years into my transition and i finally just recently have started feeling some footing under me / more secure.

Talk with people and really get a feel for the field, the good bad and ugly. It’s a lot of investment to switch that can be so worth it.

Do it on the side and see how much you enjoy it. I almost did software engineering as well and occasionally think about it, but I realized it can be incredibly frustrating / abstract at times and I didn’t like that. What will it be like for you?