I am a career changer at 45. I was a chef for 25 years. I returned to school and finished by Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity. I was lucky enough to be in a situation where I could take off and finish my degree without any other major obligations. I am currently finishing up my first co-op and pursuing a full-time position in cyber.

52 years old and worked as product owner for different tech areas for the last 15+ years. I have just started back to school for a cybersecurity degree. I believe constant learning, challenges and staying active keep us going in life. Which is good because, it seems companies that have taken on the work from anywhere, no office, life balance has extended people's careers.

54 here and just started the journey towards Front-end Developer. Under no illusions of how ancient the 20-somethings will see me, but I'm doing this to help improve my conversations with developers I hire. My kids are grown and have their own lives, so it's time to stretch my mind in new directions. Plus I saw how my parents got left behind by tech. I don't want that to happen to me.

Hi Tiff!! I'm 48 and I'm switching my career!! 🙂 I think it's never too late!!! Great video, Tks

I switched careers at 58. I never regretted it.

I was a tour guide in Africa until my late 40s, always played with code though and re-skilled myself during Covid and now work as a software developer. I would say, 50s are much easier than 30s and 40s in my experience because my kids are basically grown ups and so I have much, much more time.

56 yo here. I was in mobile development for the last 10 years. But I really wanted to get into data science. But I felt trapped. I could find no way to transition into it without taking a leap of faith. I wasn't about to quit my job to take a chance. I've got two kids in college. But then I got laid off in March. At this point, I decided I'm going all in on some kind of data science, data analytics type work. I wanted to use Python on a daily basis. It took me two months, but I finally landed a job as a data analyst. I'm learning all kinds of new stuff. I'm also back in school working on my Masters in Data Analytics. Without getting laid off, I'd probably still be miserable doing mobile development. I only wish I had taken the chance ten years ago. Take a chance.

45+ and I've been working in Manufacturing (auto) and (medical) for over 20+ years. I am starting a bootcamp next week for QA testing. I tried programming 5 years ago, however, to no avail. I want to work in tech, and this, for me, seems to be the best route. Working remote and having the freedom to still engage with my family is one of my motivations for this move. Plus, the salary doesn't hurt. 😁

I switched careers back in 2020 from engineering to medicine. I'm currently a 3rd year medical student. I had to take a heavier course load when I was studying engineering so that if I did decide on medical school later on I wouldn't need pre-med. I'm glad I did that.

50 plus and thinking about it being my retirement job not truly for money but to keep me occupied.

Good businesses have diversity, in sex, genders, cultures, races and ages. One of the big problems with tech being so young adult orientated is that UX and Ui is heavily neglected when considering older populations. Everyone over 30 will have basically grown up with access to tech but that tech is designed by young people for young people. What happens when your hands loose moisture and touchscreens become harder to use? Or that 30 second window to enter the code you received by text just isn't long enough? Tech is a ticking time bomb we have a world increasingly reliant on digital tools but neglects to think about how age changes the abilities to use those tools. Tech will have to employ older people, to get that perspective otherwise it will loose access to the market and also its going to be very expensive for society to accommodate those excluded from digital access by design.

You can change your career at anytime in your life just got to have the courage and passion to switch 💯

Very Encouraging! I am in my mid 40s and in the process of a career change. It is a big adjustment but I am excited because it is also building on where I am now in my career journey. Always changing always growing Thanks Darling

This is such a YMMV thing. Someone can be 30 with a family and others can be 40 and have no issues making the change

Thank you for the video, Tiff. This is very honest.

Gr8 video Tiff. Our society does have certain degree of ageism despite knowing. I believe at any age we need to evolve continually and upskill ourselves so that we are giving back to the society.

I love you Tiff, you give me hope

Hi tiffy good content. I also believe one should start what ever they want to start just need one thing consistency ☺️

Thank you for the video. I am currently switching careers and it's hard but slowly i am learning a little more each day. :)

❤ excellent selection of topic

The best thing about going to college was I started thinking young because the fellow students were younger then myself. I learned so much about that mindset.

Soo inspiring ❤ Thanks 👍

My conclusion according to this video is that age is only a small factor. Discipline, support, avalaible time and networking are essentials. About networking, it´s something that the most of the people forget about it. We spent years studying to only have acces to the 20% of the job offers. It´s a interesting topic for a video.

I agree that there are hardships in changing careers however , it depends on the factor of you switching within an industry that your already in and have been working in for two or more decades. You can make the transition easier if your relate the change to an area of expertise

We are always learning new things, expanding on the things we want to learn. It’s only dependent on the industry itself being around after we learn how to do that.

Tnx information mam

Had no ideas you did graphic design! That’s so cool! As someone wanting to get into graphic art would you say development is a better career path?

It is not the first video from Tifanny about tech and ageism. I really enjoy this kind of video. I did crack the coding interview in one of the big tech after 15 years as an industrial Engineer. Coding is not new for me but the time i picked my career software was not like today. There are many profesionals frustated like I was since SWE was not an option before. It is not hard to identify reasons for a career change. In my old job, I was more motivated in creating VBA apps to make my work productive . I even developed iOS app that unfortunatelly was not compliant for them. So Industrial Engineering was much less motivated than Software Engineering. . I am the oldest in my team and I am SDE I but nobody cares. Everybody is focusing in solving problems. So this is true. It is a very hard decision. I did quit as a Senior Industrial Engineer in a major automaker and the path was longer than expected. I just did not give up because it was fun for me to practice leetcode and to develop side projects.

Oops, I arrived late, but I'll still leave a like for the excellent content!😄

I am moving into tech from business. I am learning tech as a way to enhance the repertoire of tools through which I can be more productive. For, example, I know supply chain, e-commerce, etc. from the business point of view. Now I can give businesses a better tech consultancy about e-commerce, supply chain, etc. as I know what the strategic implications of the technology I recommend are for the company are, since I have a better view of both technical and business perspectives. I think instead of shifting careers altogether it is better to shift to complementary skills.

Great I e been following you since you started tech a few years ago and I’m gonna start my tech degree journey soon, what schools online would you suggest I heard of coding dojo and tree house is there any you would recommend? Oh and great tips and advice videos your detailed explanations are on point

Love you, tysm ❤❤

Thanks, Tiff! Great video! I am still trying to find out what is your desktop adjustable monitors and keyboard stand? Do you have a link or brand and model name?

Do you know how many times I think to quit this Switch carrer I have started in 2021 (Tech), many many times... Thank you for boosting us with these kind words🎉.

Looking at all these comments makes me feel better as a career changer in my early 40s, I know I'm not alone.

Well I have graduated at 23 and now I have switched my career at 27 and i am not regretting by it.

I am 41, switching careers trying to be a software developer right now. One day be a full stack developer.

With the spark to learn anything ... it is the best seed to start a journey ... and now with KZfaq tutorials available (based or not with Playlist), there are no excuses .... Your videos are comfortable ...

I’m 30 & feel like I’ve been wasting my life 😭 I refuse to waste anymore time! Switching from finance to software engineering soon 🎉

I'm 62 and I'm trying to get into data engineering after leaving the SQA field in 2017...I wonder if it's going to happen. If not, I'll forget tech altogether. I do have the advantage of looking younger than I actually am.

I have never had a linear path. I am lifelong learner and have had many pivots. How do you know age 18 what the world will look like in 5 or 10 years ? How do you know you will be good at something or even like it without testing it out first ? Kudos to people who have been at the same job in the same role for 20 years (and I know people who are perfectly content being a cog in the same machine for 20 years with no desire to learn anything new, because the money is too good). I know that’s not what I want. I was a scientist , then went on to get a professional degree and worked in the industry in a narrow field with limited opportunities . I saw the writing on the wall and now I am studying for a role in the tech industry. I have probably lost out on salaries for the time I spent in school . Some of my friends who went straight to work and have been in the same role for 20 years probably have made much more at this point. Because I enjoy new challenges , I feel like my life is also more rich with a diversity of experiences. There was a lady who was in my grad program and she was 65 and still learning to start a new direction in life .

I’m 45 and have a phd in nuclear science, so i work in that business. After all these years it became quite boring and i very experienced. So i teach myself cybersecurity during the work :). I am already part time self employed german-english translator. Soon, i will bug bounty hunter, also part time…or during my main job.

I am 40 now. The thing is I used to have very good memory, I have graduated from 2 universities, but now there is a war in my country (Ukraine) and I have to change my occupation or have extra work to earn more. So I am a self-learner. Now I remember, 1 hour later I forgot.

Hi Tiff! I have a question for you, I am a .Net developer with 7 Months of Internship experience but I can’t find any .Net or related to .Net jobs in my city neither in close cities. I am not qualified for jobs that have remote option because they want 3+ years of experience. My question is this, while I wait for the jobs that i suited for is it wise to work as a IT Expert (who manages networks, firewalls etc.) or this will damages my programmer career? Thank you! 🎊

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Hello. Well, I retake programming at 36, now I am 40. A rock in the middle of a desert knows more math than me but with all that, I just want to be a programmer.

That’s just me now!

Tiff did you ever study data structures and algorithms?

Great advice! I'd like to Have a talk with you. Cliff

Hi, I'm from São Paulo! Yeah excellent! ABRAÇO FORTE DE URSO!

i am procrastinating whether i choose my government job to tech industry..😥

🎉45 and still trying to switch from Mechanical engineering to this side. 😅

I'm a Physician. I'm 46 years old. Honestly, I would like to switch my career. To acquire new, different skills. And even, perhaps, to meet a good woman. Someone like you: it would be a dream! Unfortunately, I think it's too late and almost impossible!

"Impossible, is not a fact. It’s an opinion." M. Ali

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I'm pushing my wife to coding now. I'm some time don't understand my wife she has 32 😊

Maybe it's too late for me at 26 to go into marketing

Do you know Masako Wakamiya, woman in Japan who learned to code at 81? And you can punch me in the face if I asked you this. 🥊

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