About 10 years into my career through a sequence of unforeseen events I ended up doing bioinformatics at a cancer center. I knew absolutely nothing about biolog

About 10 years into my career through a sequence of unforeseen events I ended up doing bioinformatics at a cancer center. I knew absolutely nothing about biology, but I knew quite a lot about programming and so it was a good fit for both sides. In that first year my notebook exceeded 400 pages (so much to learn). It was really fun and I'm glad I did it. It was an 80% pay cut though, so it wouldn't have been possible had I not had savings. I am thrilled I did it. Now I do stuff that combines both skillsets. It feels like (potentially) more meaningful work. I think even if it doesn't work out, it's easy to go back to what you were doing before and you'll probably be better at it, because you'll have some new perspectives. I say go for it.