Good evening everyone,

I (30 M) am a Registered Nurse who has finally come to the realisation (after a lot of denial) that I want a career change out of nursing. I am aware there are many specialties and higher earning potential if I study and upskill but the fact is I simply no longer have any interest in nursing or healthcare in general and the money for the work I do is simply not worth it anymore.

I have two degrees (Nursing and Criminology) and I no longer have any energy or desire to go back to university so that rules out IT, investment banking/finance or any other traditional high paying white collar corporate career paths.

However I also realise that employers don't just hand out six figures for free and I'm willing to do traineeship programs and work irregular unsocial hours and other rougher working conditions.

Brainstorming so far I am leaning towards being a freight train driver because of the very high earning potential (120k-200k) especially with overtime and penalties and I don't mind shift work and being far from home. There's also air traffic controller's but I've heard its very stressful, competitive and the aptitude testing standards are very high (and for good reason).

Other ideas off the top of my uneducated head are working on a fishing trawler, off shore oil rig or mining jobs in general. Apologies if I got anything wrong, I really have no idea what the world is like beyond nursing and healthcare.

Anyway happy to hear suggestions from all of you ? What are some career paths or jobs that don't require degrees but also has very high earning potential ?

Thank you for your time and have a nice night. Take care everyone.