In journalism, the career path is jr writer, writer, sr writer, jr editor, sr editor -- and then you go do management.
I was the IT Manager of a London stockbroker in the City by 26 years old. I didn't like it and ultimately quit.
But the expected career path for many companies is to go from being a "mere" techie to being a manager. If you don't want to do that, then age becomes a big problem.
I changed track to journalism, not knowing that the Web was going to kill the computer magazine industry within a decade. But short term, it was a good move, and I loved it.
In journalism, the career path is jr writer, writer, sr writer, jr editor, sr editor -- and then you go do management.
I was the IT Manager of a London stockbroker in the City by 26 years old. I didn't like it and ultimately quit.
But the expected career path for many companies is to go from being a "mere" techie to being a manager. If you don't want to do that, then age becomes a big problem.
I changed track to journalism, not knowing that the Web was going to kill the computer magazine industry within a decade. But short term, it was a good move, and I loved it.