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liontwistyesterday at 3:16 PM0 repliesview on HN

You always have time to re-skill if you commit serious blocks of time , but your personal identity won’t be malleable in the way a 20 year old is when selecting a degree and career.

This limits what success looks like for your switch. Are you looking for a different work life balance? Learn something new? That can work.

Becoming the face of security in an organization? Not likely.