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by ryandrake 1611 days ago
Yea, piloting is fun, but a long, loooong grind. It takes a while just to start making peanuts flying regional jets. By the time you are in the big bucks range, you could have done a bachelor’s in biology, med school, your residency and become a doctor.

And starting in air traffic control has an age limit of 30 years old[1], so it might be too late for you already. Talk about even worse ageism than software!

1: https://work.chron.com/many-years-college-need-air-traffic-c...