| Stop doing it then and do something else. Anything else. Travel worked for me. > or if I wouldn’t be well into my 30s by the time I finished I did my MBA in my 40's. There is no big red line that says "you cannot change the course of your life past this point". I know people who have changed their entire lives in their 40's. They tend to be interesting people :) > Even then it’s unheard to go from software to anything I’d be interested in I promise you it's not. I worked as a warehouse picker in my early 20's, met a guy there in his mid-30's who had quit the software industry (IBM burned him out apparently). He was happily working at a no-brain job while he sorted his life out post-burnout. I don't know where he ended up, but it could have been anywhere, doing anything. I'll bet half the problem is that you're comparing yourself to others. The people who have their shit all together and are ticking off career goals and life stages in a neat, orderly fashion. Doing it as you're "supposed" to do it. Just wait. Half those people will be utter wrecks by 45. A lot of them are basically lying to themselves and everyone around them, scared of being who they actually are and trying to be what is expected of them. When that unravels it happens fast and hard. You don't want that. You're already ahead of them by questioning everything, especially yourself. You have lots of time. Don't waste it doing something you hate. Go get some different experiences and see what does work for you. |