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JT

The industry I work in as a freelancer (design) is changing so fast due to tech advances that after 15 years doing it at a high level, I am exhausted at trying to keep up. It moves SO fast that I don't understand how anyone stays up to speed with that amount of data.

I always thought, once I was skilled up, that whatever job I committed my career to it would take me to my old grey years. But if now seems, in my early 40s, that I need to change careers in order to find any sort of security long-term.

Do any of you feel this way?

I resent the idea that I need to have multiple careers running at once just to secure my families future

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  • I wouldn't say multiple careers but yes, I chose an industry where you have to keep learning. I love it. The idea of changing careers on the other hand ... well I'm still establishing mine and it's at a precarious stage. frankly ... I really like what I do.

  • in reply to Peter

    Mind me asking what it is you do, or at the very least the industry you work in?

    I enjoy change, as far as challenges, but when I learn some software for example and then 12 months later everyone shifts to a new product, it really becomes tiring starting again

  • in reply to JT

    Scientific research. There is always a new tool, or piece of equipment or software to use. The average scientist is usually more worried about how to persuade their boss to pay for it than learning to use it. Often times the right tool isn’t out there and then you have to code / build it yourself… but that’s exciting too in my view.

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  • in reply to JT

    Scientific research. There is always a new tool, or piece of equipment or software to use. The average scientist is usually more worried about how to persuade their boss to pay for it than learning to use it. Often times the right tool isn’t out there and then you have to code / build it yourself… but that’s exciting too in my view.

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