I recommend reading Cal Newport's "So Good They Can't Ignore You". It offers good advice on career management, etc. He writes about several cases in which peop

I recommend reading Cal Newport's "So Good They Can't Ignore You". It offers good advice on career management, etc. He writes about several cases in which people tried to radically change their job. The stereotype of the desk worker daydreaming about leaving everything to get a farm, or someone going on a spiritual quest to become a monk, etc. He introduces what he thinks to be a good way to change careers, "mini bets". In other words, trying your hand at whatever you want to transition to, without fully abandoning what you already are doing just to see if it really fits you, and if you can sustain that 'passion', and vice versa. He says many people who made successful, seemingly radical changes, had prior knowledge of what they were transitioning to in one way or the other. He also talks about career capital, and other useful work related concepts and dynamics. I highly recommend it.