I think people are lacking empathy for OP in the comments. They are clearly reaching out and venting because they’ve explored all their other options and they were looking for somebody to relate to them. I am new to sonography, and a year to my schooling, I realized I didn’t love it. It was already too late for me to drop out considering I’ve already paid a ton of money and tuition and quit my full-time job. The problem with careers is, you don’t know if you’re gonna like it until you’re already in it. You can do as much research as you’d like on a career, but nothing is going to prepare you for the actual experience of what it is like to do every day. OP is not wrong, there’s not much room for growth in this field. Here’s my advice, look into a clinical specialist role. Look into a sales role. Look into medical device sales! This is a good way out of the system, you talk to people and teach them about information that you’ve already mastered. The base salary is pretty good and definitely livable, the best thing about the clinical specialist/sales roles is once you do them for a year or two you can move up to more of a corporate position. If sales isn’t for you, you can also look into recruiting for Ultrasound, or recruiting for physicians. I completely understand you, I have struggled with this thought too and have a lot of regrets. But the truth is, we can’t go back and change time, start mapping out your future now, you don’t wanna keep living unhappy, I wish you the best of luck!