Not me but someone I know pivoted their career at well over 30. They started out their career in bars and food industry (restaurants primarily) and then spent f

Not me but someone I know pivoted their career at well over 30. They started out their career in bars and food industry (restaurants primarily) and then spent few years in uni to learn coding. Now he's a full fledged developer in the same firm I am and is actually in a semi-management role (he codes but he also does PM work). So yes, there is very much hope for you because I have seen it happen first hand. As for reasonable path, it depends. Depends on if you have a family to feed, loans to pay back etc. All that changes your risk factor and how fast can you go. Where to begin? Take stock of what you have done and what skills have you accumulated. You say they aren't marketable but they might be if only in different context. Maybe one of those allows you to reorient your interests and career into deepening your knowledge of that particular industry. If you can afford it and want to pivot to a whole new industry, putting some time and money aside for education might be a way to go (trade school). Previous was generalized but sounds like you are thinking about going into tech in which case you might be in luck: put in the work and you have better prospects than most to get your foot in the door even without a full fledged degree. There is also a ton of resources free of charge available to get into those tech skills. The trick is to keep the hunger for learning alive so whatever skills you do obtain don't stagnate and have a portfolio of some kind to showcase what you have done. Also, those unmarketable skills you mentioned? Those are specific domain knowledge which can help fill in the gaps with tech knowledge because it helps you understand specific problem space and that is very valuable. Will tech consider hiring someone like you? Yes because again, I've seen it happen.