[andreareina]

I started my career late after faffing around some years and then getting a second degree myself. Yeah I’m a bit behind some of my contemporaries career-wise. I’m also ahead of some other contemporaries. There are people in this industry who’ve done more in a few years than I could dream of. In the end all I can do is take stock of where I am, where I want to go, and point myself in that direction; all the shoulda woulda coulda in the world won’t change a thing. This isn’t to say that I don’t think about what could have been, but it helps keep me grounded and to remember that comparison is the thief of joy.

As for cognitive decline in your 40s or 50s, that’s the first I’ve heard of that, and the people I know at that age are still sharp and have the benefit of experience.

I’m not in the States either. Tech is one of the best fields wrt global opportunity; even if your passport isn’t the best remote work opens plenty of doors.