I moved from (rail) engineering to finance (tech work) at 28. The first job was a bit of a disaster so I really got going at 30ish if that helps. I also was a

I moved from (rail) engineering to finance (tech work) at 28. The first job was a bit of a disaster so I really got going at 30ish if that helps. I also was a moron for stating as long as I did at my medium engineering firm. I am gay and a bit of a late bloomer so I didn't have kids, a partner or an overly abundant social life to stop me really working at it... I think there is hope. I am on 6 figures in fin tech now. I started with small companies: you (a lot) learn more, they hire more easily (less HR people requiring things the actual team don't care about) but the money is not normally as good. I'd recommend the same.