Ask HN: Hitting Restart at 40
Hi HN crowd!
I've been climbing the corporate ladder for most of my career, with some degree of success, mostly in big consultancy, currently leading a team of around 140 consultants. My background is in software engineering, and corporate ladders are mostly incompatible with sticking with the engineering side of things (I usually put it as evolving from engineer to manager to salesman).
I'm at a point in my career where I feel a change is needed, and research has always been something I'd love to do, and where I feel I could contribute with actual value to actual people.
The thing is, I'm about to turn 41, never worked in research, and wouldn't know the first thing about starting a career in that space.
Any tips on how to do it? If it helps, and in the current economic context, how would you advise someone on how to restart a career at 40?