UPDATE:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/rat95x/update_keen_to_hear_peoples_experiences_of/

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Hi Ausfinancers,

I'm keen to hear peoples experiences with changing careers after 30 as I am at a bit of a crossroads and would like some help.

I'm nearly 34, I finished highschool but have no other formal education and have been a tradesman (timber flooring) since I was 18. I was a subcontractor for the first 6 odd years. For the last 10 years or so I have run my own company and I employ 1-4 people depending on the work load. I work mostly high end domestic. I've come to a point where my body is breaking down and I don't think I can be doing this much longer. I have a friend that's fairly high up in a large project managment company and she thinks I would have a lot of tranferable skills and that I would be good at the job. She has said she can get me an interview but I think I would like to do some study in this field first before I make the change. I am confident and outgoing, excellent with people and my current job is managing projects albiet on a smaller scale. I just need to upskill I think, mostly with the computer related things.

I'm reaching out to the community as it's a big scary thing contemplating changing what I've done my entire life and I'm hoping reading some real life experiences might help guide me.