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04-10-2024, 08:59 PM | #1 | ||
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So here is the spiel.... 52 years of age, been in IT for over 25 years. The last 8 years in senior management / sales and the 8 before that in straight sales.
Guess what? I don't enjoy it and haven't enjoyed it for the last 2 or 3 years. Am I crazy to think that I need a change of scenery? Like a change of industry. I've always been drawn to building industry, particularly in the last 7 or 8 years. I've done a lot of contract negotiation, project management, general management and leadership which I have been told is strongly required in building and construction management. Thoughts are to do a course in Building and Construction Management and to try and get into the industry with construction management, project management, site manager etc. Am I out of my mind? But I am quite unhappy what I'm doing now..... |
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04-10-2024, 09:23 PM | #2 | ||
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Good luck. The construction industry will be a lot tougher than IT, but you can always come back if it doesn’t work out. If you’ve been working in IT sales management and straight sales before that I can understand why you’d want to change. The pressure to hit your targets is intense and continues to build year on year. Eight years is a good run. I’ve worked with the people in those roles off and on for many years.
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05-10-2024, 08:49 AM | #3 | ||
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Building trades qualified would be a huge start, then moving into the management side.
There's so much more involved than completing a courses.
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05-10-2024, 08:53 AM | #4 | ||
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give yourself a time frame, say 6 months.
Dont limit yourself to just building. Could you survive on a salary drop? explore other fields. I was in similar position 26 years ago, abit not as high pressure but took a seachange, bought into a rundown business, built that up, sold, established a very specilised business (with no competition) sold that, became a camp manager, then finally retired. But hell do I have itchy feet again.
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05-10-2024, 09:17 AM | #5 | ||
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The only tip I can offer is take leave for a while and try your hand, if you change your mind, you can always go back to your job.
Obtw, I have done three career changes in my life, one of them I was like you and had no regrets moving on, just think it out carefully before you commit. |
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06-10-2024, 01:42 PM | #6 | ||
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I think it would be fraught to seek oversight positions without protracted exposure to most trades, and a little skill in each.
What about scaling back the current workload if possible, and simultaneously building new houses to flip as an owner-builder? That retains continuity of bulk income, offers on-the-job training in other skills and brings a modest return for effort on the side. Pick a low crime regional town <5 hours away and within an hour or so of a Big Green Shed. |
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06-10-2024, 04:18 PM | #7 | |||
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08-10-2024, 12:13 PM | #8 | ||
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You are fortunate in that it is your choice to have a 'Career Change'. For some of us, it has been a necessity.
Personally, I've gone from Telecommunications, Project Management, IT Change Management, Kitchen Designer...and the last 7 Years as a Maintenance Supervisor at a Retirement Living Village. I'm now 60 so I hope there are not too many more changes ahead
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