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    Careers after 50

    So I am in the process of possibly changing careers over the next 1-2 years.

    I have always alternated between 2 different careers Theatre and the poker world**Currently a shift manager at a 45 table tribal room** and could easily remain there, though I am moving back to Vegas after the wedding this summer to be with the girls for their final 4 years of school..so a change is on the horizon.

    That being said I have been offered an opportunity to train into a new career free of charge all while receiving a salary of sorts to do so. Now this new career path is right up my alley for what I perceive are my strengths as a person and my core beliefs as a man. However I would be almost 55 by the time I started the new gig, which isn't an issue to me right now as I'm very healthy and young minded, but could I really expect 20-25 more productive years of work to be left in me? Would it be worth it if I only continued to work until 70?

    I have friends who are now getting out of the military after 30 years and they are moving into other fields so I know it's more common now than in the past. Do any of you have experience in this or know of someone who's tried the same thing?

    Thanks for the feedback in advance.........Doig.
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      I changed careers at age 39, which maybe isn't exactly the same thing, but it's been the best thing I ever did. And that's not even mostly because I got to do my dream job. My first career felt like a dream job, too, when I started it. But the big difference is that the work I do now is appreciated rather than criticized, and that has made a world of difference for my mental health.
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        1) what's the downside here? You're getting paid, free training and you think you would enjoy it.
        2) Do you really want to be working 20-25 years from now? I don't want to be working now...
        I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...

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          Originally posted by heyelander View Post
          1) what's the downside here? You're getting paid, free training and you think you would enjoy it.
          2) Do you really want to be working 20-25 years from now? I don't want to be working now...
          I do, I am an admitted sufferer of ADD. I am going into the field of counseling...............something I am exactly acclimated to and would allow me to give back to the people I proclaim to advocate.
          If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

          Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
          Martin Luther King, Jr.

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            again, what's the downside? Is there a major salary hit? Counseling seems like something easier physically to do for 20 more years.
            I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert...

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            • #7
              Honestly, I really can't see a downside to this...if you don't like it, you always have a fallback position in the casino industry. And as Wayne has said, it's not a physically stressful career that you're contemplating entering, so you should be able to do it for another 20 years easily, if you wist to and health permitting.
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                Originally posted by Hornsby View Post
                Honestly, I really can't see a downside to this...if you don't like it, you always have a fallback position in the casino industry. And as Wayne has said, it's not a physically stressful career that you're contemplating entering, so you should be able to do it for another 20 years easily, if you wist to and health permitting.
                actually I love the change, just wanted to get someones actual experience in jumping the shark.........
                If I whisper my wicked marching orders into the ether with no regard to where or how they may bear fruit, I am blameless should a broken spirit carry those orders out upon the innocent, for it was not my hand that took the action merely my lips which let slip their darkest wish. ~Daniel Devereaux 2011

                Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
                Martin Luther King, Jr.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
                  actually I love the change, just wanted to get someones actual experience in jumping the shark.........
                  I can see where you would be hesitant, but as long as the money's right I don't see why you wouldn't jump at the chance.

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                  • #10
                    It is a big deal but certainly happy and doable.

                    I started teaching middle school at 46 and am happy nearly every day. I impact kids on a daily basis.

                    Also the money is not as big an issue you might think. I make almost half my previous salary - so
                    I live a little cheaper on a daily basis
                    I am downsizing my house
                    but
                    I like my new career so much better

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by GwynnInTheHall View Post
                      I do, I am an admitted sufferer of ADD. I am going into the field of counseling...............something I am exactly acclimated to and would allow me to give back to the people I proclaim to advocate.
                      I can see you being able to continue counselling for 20-25 years. Construction...not so much.

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                        I don't see a downside in doing something that makes you happy
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