[hbossy]

Ask HN: How do I start over at 37? Quick background: Grew up in an immigrant household with very little in the way of resources, guidance, encouragement. Was enamored by House MD and medicine from a young age, but foolishly followed the family tradition of computer science despite hating it as I felt I had no choice. Went to technical school, dropped out, worked a few odd end gigs for the next couple years, stumbled into a UAP role that I was let go from due to performance. I am now 37 without an impressive educational or professional background, no network of colleagues, no mastery in any one skill, and a whole lot of mental health debt. And yet the child inside of me still wants to pursue the scrappy John Hopkins surgeon dream.