You sometimes need a career change when you run out of road. I reached the CEO's 12-person team of a major hi tech .. but after around 2 years in that role I realised that I had reached my limit : I could not quite reach CTO or similar level. So I switched career into medicine in my late 40s. It was fascinating to convert from working with machines to working with people. (Luckily my hi tech career was well paid so I had enough saved to finance the training and then set up a practice)
How is it so far? Is it more rewarding working on people's bodies, instead of machines? I imagine working on machines helps you spot patterns in people's health and behaviors.
If you work at a non-profit like I do, burnout is likely. Demand for our services doesn't mean we get to hire more people. We have to manage with the staff we have and work with what we're given by the state and the Feds.
You sometimes need a career change when you run out of road.
I reached the CEO's 12-person team of a major hi tech .. but after around 2 years in that role I realised that I had reached my limit : I could not quite reach CTO or similar level.
So I switched career into medicine in my late 40s.
It was fascinating to convert from working with machines to working with people.
(Luckily my hi tech career was well paid so I had enough saved to finance the training and then set up a practice)
How is it so far? Is it more rewarding working on people's bodies, instead of machines?
I imagine working on machines helps you spot patterns in people's health and behaviors.
If you work at a non-profit like I do, burnout is likely. Demand for our services doesn't mean we get to hire more people. We have to manage with the staff we have and work with what we're given by the state and the Feds.
Data science visualization with SQL / Python, sounds like a great path for this guy.
Sounds like he is more in the wrong field than it being a burnout situation
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