Just sold my car lot for 800k - Need a new job - What now?

Not Marketing. Watch Social Dilemma on Netflix. You would have to compete and work with other creatures with no boundaries. More like car sales than you might believe.

You don't need to go to school to learn programming/development. You can do it all on your own with personal projects. In fact, learning it by yourself is a much better indicator to future employers that you have what it takes to be a good developer, no matter what your age.

Teaching is a great career because you still have time to get 20 years of pension, but you would have to get a degree (preferably a Masters to increase your pay) and first year teachers are paid very little. But there is a lot of satisfaction in teaching kids.

Maybe consider some other kind of coaching gig that isn't as formal as school teacher. Running coach?

Data science

usedcarguy wrote:

I'm actually fairly introverted. My friends call me a "fake extrovert" because I can fake being social but it's pretty draining for me. Thus looking to get out of sales (hate it!)

gremlin green wrote:

Based on your previous work history you would hate it. You need to be pretty introverted to like software development. It will also be very hard at your age to get hired with no experience once you have a degree.

But since this isn’t a real post, go for it. If David can pretend to be in high school you can pretend to be a used car salesman turned developer.

I know about five people who have gone the software developer route. Same age as you roughly, a couple did career changes in their late 30s. They took 12~16 month programs, and almost immediately started making ~75k per year and six figures within a few years. And we are talking about a state where six figures is a bundle of money (ie. not like Silicone Valley, etc). Apparently it's the real deal, and apparently there is a severe lack of people out there willing to do these jobs. I don't think the programs are even that expensive to take. I have heard enough to consider doing it myself.

I like your backstory and your ideas for new careers. The first thing I would do is don't worry about ageism, or sitting in class with younger kids or any of that stuff. There's always someone who's going to knock someone down. do what you want to do and get the training you want to get no matter who is sitting next to you in a class. If they have these prejudices against you that's their problem, not yours. Best wishes.

An $800,000 car!

Wondering in the West wrote:

I like your backstory and your ideas for new careers. The first thing I would do is don't worry about ageism, or sitting in class with younger kids or any of that stuff. There's always someone who's going to knock someone down. do what you want to do and get the training you want to get no matter who is sitting next to you in a class. If they have these prejudices against you that's their problem, not yours. Best wishes.

Which state(s) specifically? Could you share an example of one of these programs?

usedcarguy wrote:

I'm not single - I have a 3 year old (and a wife)

Rainy Day wrote:

Maybe not rich, but a single 42 year old could make that money last a long time.

I'm assuming that you have a paid off house as well. At 42 and with 900K invested you should have that taken care of which will help with your expenses immensely.