Change of career

radioactiveman

Hi
I'm looking to change out the job I am currently in.

I work in IT and I am looking to get into a career that I could do for a long period of time and where there would be a good work/life balance.

I'd love to get into a job where you work hard, but not where you have to constantly work late or work weekends. In my current job I have to constantly retrain into different technologies and the wages are just not worth it. You have to retrain constantly just to maintain your current position and it's just bull$hit... (I know you have to train constantly in every career but I'm talking about training constantly in completely different areas, starting from scratch and being thrown into roles that you're not trained for at all).

I have thought about doing an accountancy technician course, but to get the CAT do you have to have work experience?
Another option would be to work in something like insurance, but to be honest I don't know anything about it.

I don't mind getting a job that is low level, if it means in the long term that I could work towards getting good stable job where I'm not worked to death. I don't mind boring either
Any advice or ideas?

I can see my current job being outsourced to India, maybe not straight away but quite possibly in ten years time which would rightly screw me. I am nearly 34.

Ddad

I changed out of my it job nearly 10 years ago for all of the reasons you outlined. I had no passion for it and hated the work/culture as well.

I went into catering. I've a degree and a masters in less than 8 years in this field and I still enjoy it. I'm on a career break now and spend most of my time with my children. I've never regretted the change; one caveat though. I have a very supportive wife who was/is able to earn enought to support that choice. The flipside is we work much better as a family with someone at home.

You only get one chance at this life; go for it.:)

Eoin

You might not have to leave IT to get a better work/life balance though; it could just be a case of changing the specific area that you're working in, or even simpler, changing employer.

Mr. Loverman

Would you consider moving into automation?

It is nearly impossible to get automation engineers; it is a pretty easy job if you have a development background (build and maintain the automation framework); and in general you're left alone to do your thing. The downside though (for me when I was an automation engineer) is how boring it is. But the money is pretty good - it tends to pay better than development.

PM me if you want to know specifics.

mickman

radioactiveman wrote: »

Hi
I'm looking to change out the job I am currently in.

I work in IT and I am looking to get into a career that I could do for a long period of time and where there would be a good work/life balance.

I'd love to get into a job where you work hard, but not where you have to constantly work late or work weekends. In my current job I have to constantly retrain into different technologies and the wages are just not worth it. You have to retrain constantly just to maintain your current position and it's just bull$hit... (I know you have to train constantly in every career but I'm talking about training constantly in completely different areas, starting from scratch and being thrown into roles that you're not trained for at all).

I have thought about doing an accountancy technician course, but to get the CAT do you have to have work experience?
Another option would be to work in something like insurance, but to be honest I don't know anything about it.

I don't mind getting a job that is low level, if it means in the long term that I could work towards getting good stable job where I'm not worked to death. I don't mind boring either
Any advice or ideas?

I can see my current job being outsourced to India, maybe not straight away but quite possibly in ten years time which would rightly screw me. I am nearly 34.

i would advise you to try a boring job for a few months before you say you wouldnt mind it - i guarantee that you would hate it