> why would the hiring manager assume you’ll thrive in your new career path any better than your old one? Tech is such a lucrative field, why would your defaul

> why would the hiring manager assume you’ll thrive in your new career path any better than your old one? Tech is such a lucrative field, why would your default assumption be about whether they thrived or not before, instead of just that they recognized the good deal that tech is? "This is a career reset, and the fact that you weren't happy topping out at $60k in your previous field is a red flag that must be explained away" is how I read that part of your comment.