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My DH has been a soft wear engineer for over 30 years, most of those at IBM. He was laid off from IBM when his division was sold to AT&T. He was pretty bitter.
For the past 9 years he has been self-employed, working at home designing and developing forensic soft wear and has made a very, very nice income doing what he still enjoys greatly. During that time he attended college part-time for 4 years and now has a Master's degree in digital forensics, so he has made a nice niche for himself in that industry as an "coder" who truly understands the process of forensically searching large computer systems. He is 64 years old and I can't get him to even think about retiring....he says he's having to much fun.
My suggestion is to take time to think about what area of IT you enjoy most, then pursue a career there. Go back to school if need be. Learn different computer languages that are currently in vogue. Where is the demand.....and go there. Don't sell yourself short.
For the past 9 years he has been self-employed, working at home designing and developing forensic soft wear and has made a very, very nice income doing what he still enjoys greatly. During that time he attended college part-time for 4 years and now has a Master's degree in digital forensics, so he has made a nice niche for himself in that industry as an "coder" who truly understands the process of forensically searching large computer systems. He is 64 years old and I can't get him to even think about retiring....he says he's having to much fun.
My suggestion is to take time to think about what area of IT you enjoy most, then pursue a career there. Go back to school if need be. Learn different computer languages that are currently in vogue. Where is the demand.....and go there. Don't sell yourself short.