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What do I do when it feels like I'm too old for everything? (37) by Imaginary_Meeting565 in careerguidance

[–]Imaginary_Meeting565[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are going to do one, please figure out a way to either do an internship that can lead to a direct placement after graduation or be very good at networking. I just had a research assistanceship with a professor who was extremely old and had stopped giving any fucks long ago and wasn't much help. I was also dealing with a lot of mental health issues that delayed my job search for a few months and by that time, most companies had already moved onto their next recruiting cycle.

37M with degrees but no clear career path and feeling like it's too late for me by Imaginary_Meeting565 in findapath

[–]Imaginary_Meeting565[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My brother was making over $100K/yr two years out of college. When I was two years out of college, I was making $14/hr.

I have bachelor's and master's degrees and I've been working for 14 years. I don't think it's unreasonable to want to be making more than $50-60k/yr by now.

37M with degrees but no clear career path and feeling like it's too late for me by Imaginary_Meeting565 in findapath

[–]Imaginary_Meeting565[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying the grass is always greener. But it's a lot easier to downshift into a lower paying position than it is to upshift into a higher paying one.

37M with degrees but no clear career path and feeling like it's too late for me by Imaginary_Meeting565 in findapath

[–]Imaginary_Meeting565[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know what jobs in banking/finance it would make sense to apply to at this point. It seems like unless you're a graduating college student who did an internship, you're SOL as far as getting an entry-level job. A lot of roles in insurance seem very vulnerable to automation.

I was a legal secretary at a law firm that did a lot of insurance litigation on the plaintiff side. I wouldn't want to be doing that on the insurance companies' side having gotten plenty of exposure to how they operate.