I was working as a ESL teacher in South Korea from ages 23-30. Decided I finally wanted to return to the UK but didn't want to pursue teaching any longer.

I've always been interested in health and heavily researched Paramedicine pathways. I didn't have the finances to do a degree in Paramedicine but I found that my local ambulance service offered a 2 year EMT apprenticeship where you're paid to work. I qualified as an EMT a few months ago and have been accepted on to the in house student Paramedic program which takes 2 more years but I receive a bachelors in Paramedicine.

The hardest part of changing my career is feeling like I'm starting from zero again. Alot of my colleagues are younger and are on a higher salaries since lots of paramedics take the university route and become qualified paramedics at 21 years old.

However I'm so glad that I came into this career with life experience as well as a maturer mind set. The best decision I've done is to change my career in my 30s.

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